United Arab Emirates vs Yemen
United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending in 2014: 5.64% of GDP in United Arab Emirates and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 1.68 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Yemen.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5.64 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 6.04 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 5.08 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 5.47 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 6.04 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 5.46 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 3.67 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 3.28 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 3.23 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 3.66 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 4.61 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 4.69 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 4.88 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 5.61 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 8.32 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 7.67 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 8.63 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 6.76 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | – | 5.28 |
| 1995 | – | 6.35 |
| 1994 | – | 8.4 |
| 1993 | – | 7.06 |
| 1992 | – | 7.28 |
| 1991 | – | 7.01 |
| 1990 | – | 6.55 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
United Arab Emirates vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyUnited Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUnited Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageUnited Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsUnited Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personUnited Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingUnited Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelUnited Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerUnited Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsUnited Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986