Tunisia vs Yemen
Tunisia vs Yemen: National power
National power in 2022: 0.1% of world capability in Tunisia and 0.24% of world capability in Yemen, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Yemen, by 0.14 percentage points, or 2.37 times that in Tunisia.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2022, Tunisia ranked 92 and Yemen ranked 57 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.23 |
| 2019 | 0.1 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 0.1 | 0.14 |
| 2015 | 0.1 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 0.1 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 0.1 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 0.1 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 0.09 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 0.09 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 0.1 | 0.17 |
| 2007 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
| 2006 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
| 2001 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| 1996 | 0.09 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 0.09 | 0.13 |
| 1994 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
| 1992 | 0.09 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 0.08 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 0.08 | 0.2 |
| 1989 | 0.08 | – |
| 1988 | 0.08 | – |
| 1987 | 0.08 | – |
| 1986 | 0.08 | – |
| 1985 | 0.08 | – |
| 1984 | 0.08 | – |
| 1983 | 0.07 | – |
| 1982 | 0.07 | – |
| 1981 | 0.07 | – |
| 1980 | 0.07 | – |
| 1979 | 0.06 | – |
| 1978 | 0.06 | – |
| 1977 | 0.06 | – |
| 1976 | 0.06 | – |
| 1975 | 0.06 | – |
| 1974 | 0.06 | – |
| 1973 | 0.06 | – |
| 1972 | 0.06 | – |
| 1971 | 0.06 | – |
| 1970 | 0.06 | – |
| 1969 | 0.06 | – |
| 1968 | 0.06 | – |
| 1967 | 0.06 | – |
| 1966 | 0.06 | – |
| 1965 | 0.06 | – |
| 1964 | 0.06 | – |
| 1963 | 0.06 | – |
| 1962 | 0.06 | – |
| 1961 | 0.06 | – |
| 1960 | 0.06 | – |
| 1959 | 0.05 | – |
| 1958 | 0.05 | – |
| 1957 | 0.05 | – |
| 1956 | 0.05 | – |
| 1881 | 0.11 | – |
| 1880 | 0.12 | – |
| 1879 | 0.12 | – |
| 1878 | 0.11 | – |
| 1877 | 0.11 | – |
| 1876 | 0.12 | – |
| 1875 | 0.12 | – |
| 1874 | 0.12 | – |
| 1873 | 0.12 | – |
| 1872 | 0.12 | – |
| 1871 | 0.19 | – |
| 1870 | 0.22 | – |
| 1869 | 0.22 | – |
| 1868 | 0.22 | – |
| 1867 | 0.22 | – |
| 1866 | 0.22 | – |
| 1865 | 0.2 | – |
| 1864 | 0.19 | – |
| 1863 | 0.2 | – |
| 1862 | 0.2 | – |
| 1861 | 0.21 | – |
| 1860 | 0.21 | – |
| 1859 | 0.28 | – |
| 1858 | 0.29 | – |
| 1857 | 0.28 | – |
| 1856 | 0.25 | – |
| 1855 | 0.26 | – |
| 1854 | 0.29 | – |
| 1853 | 0.3 | – |
| 1852 | 0.31 | – |
| 1851 | 0.32 | – |
| 1850 | 0.31 | – |
| 1849 | 0.32 | – |
| 1848 | 0.32 | – |
| 1847 | 0.32 | – |
| 1846 | 0.32 | – |
| 1845 | 0.33 | – |
| 1844 | 0.32 | – |
| 1843 | 0.33 | – |
| 1842 | 0.32 | – |
| 1841 | 0.33 | – |
| 1840 | 0.33 | – |
| 1839 | 0.34 | – |
| 1838 | 0.35 | – |
| 1837 | 0.35 | – |
| 1836 | 0.35 | – |
| 1835 | 0.36 | – |
| 1834 | 0.36 | – |
| 1833 | 0.36 | – |
| 1832 | 0.37 | – |
| 1831 | 0.36 | – |
| 1830 | 0.38 | – |
| 1829 | 0.39 | – |
| 1828 | 0.4 | – |
| 1827 | 0.41 | – |
| 1826 | 0.43 | – |
| 1825 | 0.42 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, 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
- 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