Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	3.97 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2014]
Military expenditure	1,710,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2014]
Armed forces personnel	40,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2022]
Arms exports	51,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1986]
Military & security forces	Yemeni Armed Forces: Yemeni National Army, Air Force and Air Defense, Navy and Coastal Defense Forces, Border Guard, Strategic Reserve Forces (includes Special Forces and Presidential Protection Brigades, which are under the Ministry of Defense but responsible to the president), Popular Committee Forces (aka Popular Resistance Forces; government-backed tribal militia)Ministry of Interior: Security Forces, Emergency Forces, Counterterrorism Units (2025); note: note 1: both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have raised and continue to back tribal and regionally based irregular forces in Yemennote 2: Houthi (alt Huthi; aka Ansarallah) forces include land, aerospace (air, missile), naval/coastal defense, presidential protection, special operations, internal security, and militia/tribal auxiliary components; a considerable portion--up to 70 percent by some estimates--of Yemen’s military and security forces defected in whole or in part to former president SALAH and the Houthi opposition in 2011-2015CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	limited available information; 18 is the legal minimum age for military service under the Yemeni Government (2025); note: there is widespread recruitment of fighters by numerous armed groups operating in Yemen; all parties to the civil war have been implicated in child soldier recruitment and use; in 2022, the Houthis signed a plan with the UN to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; Houthi leaders previously pledged to end the use of child soldiers in 2012, as did the Government of Yemen in 2014; in 2019, the Saudi and UAE-led coalition committed to protect children in a memorandum of understanding signed with the UNCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2022]
Arms exports (USD)	51,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1986]
Military spending (% of GDP)	3.97 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2014]
Military spending (USD)	1,710,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2014]