Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107, debt
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
8.91%
-15.2 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · —
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Population · 2025
41.8m
149.5% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Yemen, Rep. yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 2.4% to 0.3% of GDP between 2000 and 2017, then rose to 0.8% by 2023.
Defence rose from 6.4% to 6.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2002, then fell to 4.0% by 2014.
Total spending rose from 24.1% to 41.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2008, then fell to 8.9% by 2024.
Population grew from 16.7 million in 1995 to 41.8 million in 2025; the UN projects 71.0 million by 2050.