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Yemen

Quick Facts

Area in square km 527,968

Corruption Perceptions Index ranking 167 (out of 177) (2013)

Defense Expenditure as % of GDP 3.9% (2013)

Defense expenditure in dollars 1,416,000,000 (2013)

Per capita GDP in dollars 2,500 (2013)

Population 26,052,966 (2014)

Size of armed forces 67,000 (2013)

U.S. military personnel present 9 (2014)

Yemen at a glance

Military & Police Aid $110,014,222 (2015)

Humanitarian & Development Aid $74,375,000 (2015)

Arms Sales $9,919,564 (2014)

Trainees 310 (2014)

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Military vs. Economic Aid

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about U.S. security and humanitarian & development assistance provided to this country. For a dollar amount breakdown of how much aid this country receives and which programs are supplying assistance, click "view data set." Note: This year's figures reflect the U.S. government's estimates of expected spending, and numbers for next year represent the administration's request to Congress.

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Trainees

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about the United States' training of this country's security forces. For information about how the number of security forces trained each year by the United States, including detailed information about the subject of the training, where that training takes place, and who is being trained, click "view data set."

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Arms Sales

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about U.S. arms sales to this country. For detailed information on equipment, weapons and military services sold to this country, click "view data set." Note: This is not grant aid: these are items that governments purchase with their own funds.

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Analysis

10/26/15 | Blog

U.S. Continues Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Increasing Devastation in Yemen

“What happened in Kunduz is happening multiple times a day in Yemen,” stated Tariq Riebl on an October 20 panel entitled “Humanitarian and Security Consequences of Military Support to the Region.” Riebl, who recently returned from three months in Yemen with Oxfam International, was joined by...

10/15/15 | Blog

Congressmen Raise Concern About U.S. Role in Bombing Campaign

Since Saudi Arabia initiated its air campaign began in Yemen last March, the United States has announced $8.3 billion in new, major arms deals between Washington and Riyadh. On the Hill, however, concerns are growing over the U.S. role in a...

6/23/15 | Fact Sheets

U.S. Security Assistance to Middle East at Highest Since Iraq War's End

This inforgraphic is a snapshot look at U.S. military and police aid as well as arms sales to the Middle East and North Africa region, highlighting the increase in aid over the past few years in aid and steady increase in arms deliveries since 2009.

Resources

12/22/15 | News

For Those Wounded in Yemen’s war, a Feeling of Abandonment in Saudi Capital

As Yemen’s warring factions struggle to negotiate, a quieter desperation plays out in the Saudi capital, where wounded fighters beg for handouts and seek the attention of Yemen’s ousted leaders hosted in five-star exile.

12/18/15 | News

Government Breaking the Law Supplying Arms to Saudi Say Leading Lawyers

The UK Government is breaking national, EU and international law and policy by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in the context of its military intervention and bombing campaign in Yemen according to an analysis by eminent international law experts commissioned by Amnesty International and...