Yemen
Military share of state spending in Yemen
Military share of state spending in Yemen: 24.6% of government spending in 1990 and 14.3% of government spending in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- 14.3% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −10.3 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 33.4% of government spending in 1994, the lowest 10.8% of government spending in 2008.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Yemen |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.3 |
| 2013 | 13.3 |
| 2012 | 12.6 |
| 2011 | 16.5 |
| 2010 | 15.5 |
| 2009 | 16.1 |
| 2008 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11.5 |
| 2005 | 13.2 |
| 2004 | 15.5 |
| 2003 | 19.4 |
| 2002 | 22.4 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2000 | 15.5 |
| 1999 | 18.3 |
| 1998 | 17.8 |
| 1997 | 17 |
| 1996 | 17.2 |
| 1995 | 26.3 |
| 1994 | 33.4 |
| 1993 | 27.4 |
| 1992 | 29.6 |
| 1991 | 28.3 |
| 1990 | 24.6 |
- Estimate
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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- Military spending3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per person$58 in 2014
- Armed forces personnel40,000 people in 2020
- 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