Yemen
Armed forces personnel in Yemen
Armed forces personnel in Yemen: 64,100 people in 1985 and 40,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 40,000 people
- Since 1985
- −24,100 people
- Rank, 2020
- 81 of 170
- counting from the highest
- World, 2020
- 27.4 million people
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 146,300 people in 1997, the lowest 20,000 people in 2014.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 40,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 137,900 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 137,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 137,900 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 137,900 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 137,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 138,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 138,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 138,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 138,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 136,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 136,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 136,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 124,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 136,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 136,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 136,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 146,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 112,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 69,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 69,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 64,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 64,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 127,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 127,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 64,100 | 22.2 million |
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
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Military
- Military spending3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per person$58 in 2014
- Military share of state spending14.3% of government spending in 2014
- National power0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exports51 million TIV in 1986