Military Spending / Yemen
Yemen Military Spending
Yemen military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 3.97%.
COUNTRY: Yemen
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Yemen · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
30 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
6.9 / 20
External stability
2.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
8.8 / 15
Future capacity
1.5 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 62% of weighted inputs available.
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Yemen · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
3.97%
Previous
4.08%
Range avg.
4.64%
Rank
16
Countries by military spending
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CountryYemen
IndicatorMilitary Spending
3.97%2014 · Rank 16
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Yemen recorded 3.97% for Military Spending in 2014, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2013, the indicator decreased by 0.11 percentage points, from 4.08% to 3.97%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (4.64%).
Across the five latest available observations (2010–2014), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 3.97% in 2014 and the high was 5.65% in 2009.
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