Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $110 in Syria in 2011 and $58 in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Syria, by $50, or 1.85 times that in Yemen.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | $58 |
| 2013 | – | $57 |
| 2012 | – | $58 |
| 2011 | $110 | $59 |
| 2010 | $106 | $55 |
| 2009 | $100 | $56 |
| 2008 | $80 | $48 |
| 2007 | $79 | $44 |
| 2006 | $75 | $36 |
| 2005 | $78 | $36 |
| 2004 | $77 | $34 |
| 2003 | $81 | $38 |
| 2002 | $64 | $36 |
| 2001 | $61 | $27 |
| 2000 | $55 | $25 |
| 1999 | $70 | $21 |
| 1998 | $70 | $21 |
| 1997 | $69 | $23 |
| 1996 | $67 | $24 |
| 1995 | $66 | $49 |
| 1994 | $117 | $148 |
| 1993 | $105 | $101 |
| 1992 | $226 | $89 |
| 1991 | $226 | $73 |
| 1990 | $133 | $59 |
| 1989 | $124 | – |
| 1988 | $321 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Yemen: 3.97% of GDP 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