United Arab Emirates vs Yemen

United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2014: 17% of government spending in United Arab Emirates and 14.3% of government spending in Yemen, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2.8 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Yemen.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2014: 17% of government spending in United Arab Emirates and 14.3% of government spending in Yemen, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 2.8 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Yemen.
United Arab EmiratesYemenSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Yemen.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearUnited Arab EmiratesYemen
20141714.3
201319.913.3
201217.412.6
201117.616.5
201018.715.5
200915.616.1
200816.710.8
200718.612
200620.611.5
200523.213.2
20042615.5
200323.419.4
200222.922.4
200122.318
200026.215.5
199920.718.3
199820.617.8
199719.217
1996–17.2
1995–26.3
1994–33.4
1993–27.4
1992–29.6
1991–28.3
1990–24.6
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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.

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