Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Internet users
Internet users: 33.8% in Syria in 2018 and 17.5% in Yemen in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Syria, by 7.3 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Yemen.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Yemen.
- The world as a whole: 43.6% in 2016.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Syria | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | – | 67 |
| 2021 | – | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | – | 17.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 33.8 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 32.7 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 31.9 | 24.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 30 | 24.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 28.1 | 22.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 26.2 | 20 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 24.3 | 17.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 22.5 | 14.9 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 20.7 | 12.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 17.3 | 10 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 11.5 | 5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 5.6 | 1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 4.3 | 0.9 | – |
| 2003 | 3.4 | 0.6 | – |
| 2002 | 2.1 | 0.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- 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