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Tunisia vs Yemen
How Tunisia and Yemen compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Tunisia was higher: 76.5 years against 69.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2018, Tunisia was higher: $4,128 against $1,079
- Population · In 2023, Yemen was higher: 39.4 million people against 12.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, Yemen was higher: 3.97% of GDP against 1.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Tunisia was higher: 2.62 tonnes against 0.26 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyTunisia: 76.5 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTunisia: 3.92% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateTunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthTunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTunisia: 70.7% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageTunisia: 32.1 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTunisia: 9.2% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateTunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsTunisia: $1.35B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personTunisia: $121 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingTunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelTunisia: 48,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerTunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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