Syria vs Yemen: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of GDP

Syria
0.3824 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2022
Yemen
0.4245 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2018
Syria rank
6th
Yemen rank
5th

Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of GDP over time

  • Syria
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.4245 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.3824 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP in Syria, a difference of 0.0421 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Syria ahead.

Syria ranks 6th and Yemen ranks 5th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Syria Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0265 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0287 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0022 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2000s 0.0072 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0223 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0151 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2010s 0.3189 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0912 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2277 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of gdp, Syria or Yemen?
Yemen, at 0.4245 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.3824 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP in Syria as of 2018.
What is the difference in foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of gdp between Syria and Yemen?
0.0421 constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Yemen?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Syria and Yemen rank globally for foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of gdp?
Syria ranks 6th and Yemen ranks 5th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2024 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
163 places, 8,197 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.