Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending: 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010 and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Yemen, by 0.63 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Syria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | 3.97 |
| 2013 | – | 4.08 |
| 2012 | – | 4.57 |
| 2011 | – | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 4.06 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 4.03 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 3.55 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 4.1 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 4.39 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 5.03 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 5.54 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 6.25 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 5.41 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 5.48 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 5.45 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 5.81 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 5.81 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 5.88 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | 6.04 | 5.28 |
| 1995 | 6.95 | 6.35 |
| 1994 | 7.36 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 7.24 | 7.06 |
| 1992 | 8.99 | 7.28 |
| 1991 | 10.43 | 7.01 |
| 1990 | 6.87 | 6.55 |
| 1989 | 7.97 | – |
| 1988 | 7.85 | – |
| 1987 | 11.22 | – |
| 1986 | 14.45 | – |
| 1985 | 16.56 | – |
| 1984 | 17.69 | – |
| 1983 | 14.64 | – |
| 1982 | 15.56 | – |
| 1981 | 14.55 | – |
| 1980 | 17.25 | – |
| 1979 | 15.93 | – |
| 1978 | 14.71 | – |
| 1977 | 14.5 | – |
| 1976 | 14.73 | – |
| 1975 | 15.95 | – |
| 1974 | 12.66 | – |
| 1973 | 15.07 | – |
| 1972 | 10.77 | – |
| 1971 | 8.44 | – |
| 1970 | 11.22 | – |
| 1969 | 10.83 | – |
| 1968 | 12.16 | – |
| 1967 | 8.21 | – |
| 1966 | 7.75 | – |
| 1965 | 8.88 | – |
| 1964 | 8.64 | – |
| 1962 | 13.47 | – |
| 1961 | 9.55 | – |
| 1960 | 10.52 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
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 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