Tunisia vs Yemen
Tunisia vs Yemen: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 5.3% a year in Tunisia and 20.2% a year in Yemen, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Yemen, by 14.8 percentage points, or 3.78 times that in Tunisia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2015.
- In 2025, Tunisia ranked 36 and Yemen ranked 12 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tunisia at 8.8% a year and Yemen at 10% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 | 20.2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 26.6 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 17.6 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | 36.4 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 30.6 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 22.6 |
| 2018 | 7.3 | 33.6 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 30.4 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | 4.4 | 22 |
| 2014 | 4.6 | – |
| 2013 | 5.4 | – |
| 2012 | 4.6 | – |
| 2011 | 3.2 | – |
| 2010 | 4.4 | – |
| 2009 | 3.5 | – |
| 2008 | 4.9 | – |
| 2007 | 3.4 | – |
| 2006 | 4.1 | – |
| 2005 | 1.9 | – |
| 2004 | 3.7 | – |
| 2003 | 2.7 | – |
| 2002 | 2.7 | – |
| 2001 | 1.9 | – |
| 2000 | 2.8 | – |
| 1999 | 2.8 | – |
| 1998 | 3.1 | – |
| 1997 | 3.6 | – |
| 1996 | 3.7 | – |
| 1995 | 6.2 | – |
| 1994 | 5.4 | – |
| 1993 | 4 | – |
| 1992 | 5.5 | – |
| 1991 | 7.7 | – |
| 1990 | 6.5 | – |
| 1989 | 7.7 | – |
| 1988 | 7.2 | – |
| 1987 | 8.2 | – |
| 1986 | 6.2 | – |
| 1985 | 7.6 | – |
| 1984 | 8.6 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | – |
| 1982 | 13.7 | – |
| 1981 | 8.9 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2027 | 6.3 | 17 |
| 2028 | 7.1 | 13 |
| 2029 | 7.9 | 12 |
| 2030 | 8.4 | 11 |
| 2031 | 8.8 | 10 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Tunisia vs Yemen
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