Yemen
Military spending in US dollars in Yemen
Military spending in US dollars in Yemen: $15.5B in 1990 and $12.3B in 2014, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2014
- $12.3B
- Since 1990
- −$3.16B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $16.9B in 2009, the lowest $8.14B in 1996.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Yemen |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $12.3B |
| 2013 | $12.8B |
| 2012 | $13.9B |
| 2011 | $15.2B |
| 2010 | $16.8B |
| 2009 | $16.9B |
| 2008 | $14.5B |
| 2007 | $15.1B |
| 2006 | $12.6B |
| 2005 | $13.5B |
| 2004 | $12.9B |
| 2003 | $15.8B |
| 2002 | $15.3B |
| 2001 | $12.1B |
| 2000 | $11.4B |
| 1999 | $10.2B |
| 1998 | $9.31B |
| 1997 | $10.2B |
| 1996 | $8.14B |
| 1995 | $9.5B |
| 1994 | $12.7B |
| 1993 | $12.3B |
| 1992 | $14.2B |
| 1991 | $14.5B |
| 1990 | $15.5B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 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