Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: GDP per person
GDP per person: $717 in Syria in 2022 and $1,079 in Yemen in 2018, by World Bank estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Yemen, by $287, or 1.36 times that in Syria.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: $10,820 in 2018.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Syria | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $717 | – | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $746 | – | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $753 | – | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $772 | – | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $792 | $1,079 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $796 | $1,103 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $803 | $1,198 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $848 | $1,362 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $848 | $1,950 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $884 | $2,015 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,142 | $1,981 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,543 | $1,995 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,526 | $2,356 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,484 | $2,257 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,424 | $2,244 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,412 | $2,236 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,421 | $2,235 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,412 | $2,238 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,364 | $2,186 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,307 | $2,165 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,331 | $2,149 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,264 | $2,130 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,248 | $2,115 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,271 | $2,054 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,352 | $2,042 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,299 | $1,988 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,270 | $1,950 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,188 | $1,927 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,142 | $1,891 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,097 | $1,838 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,065 | $1,835 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $972 | $1,762 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $932 | $1,722 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $928 | – | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,111 | – | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $974 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $991 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,115 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,056 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,184 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,197 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,204 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,155 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,043 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,070 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,007 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,061 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $978 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $870 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $715 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $826 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $680 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $646 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $679 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $591 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $588 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $561 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $627 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $632 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $596 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $673 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $556 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $517 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986