Yemen
Military spending in Yemen
Military spending in Yemen: 6.55% of GDP in 1990 and 3.97% of GDP in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- 3.97% of GDP
- Since 1990
- −2.58 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.4% of GDP in 1994, the lowest 3.97% of GDP in 2014.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Yemen |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | 5.28 |
| 1995 | 6.35 |
| 1994 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 7.06 |
| 1992 | 7.28 |
| 1991 | 7.01 |
| 1990 | 6.55 |
- Estimate
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.
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- 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
- 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