Afghanistan vs Jordan
Afghanistan vs Jordan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $2.5B in Jordan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1977 the value was higher in Jordan, by $958M, or 110 times that in Afghanistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $2.5B |
| 2024 | – | $2.53B |
| 2023 | – | $2.5B |
| 2022 | – | $2.42B |
| 2021 | – | $2.35B |
| 2020 | – | $2.25B |
| 2019 | – | $2.23B |
| 2018 | – | $2.17B |
| 2017 | – | $2.24B |
| 2016 | – | $2.11B |
| 2015 | – | $1.92B |
| 2014 | – | $1.82B |
| 2013 | – | $1.75B |
| 2012 | – | $1.87B |
| 2011 | – | $2.11B |
| 2010 | – | $2.15B |
| 2009 | – | $2.27B |
| 2008 | – | $1.95B |
| 2007 | – | $1.69B |
| 2006 | – | $1.2B |
| 2005 | – | $1.1B |
| 2004 | – | $1.11B |
| 2003 | – | $1.19B |
| 2002 | – | $1.03B |
| 2001 | – | $1.07B |
| 2000 | – | $1.09B |
| 1999 | – | $1.06B |
| 1998 | – | $1.03B |
| 1997 | – | $951M |
| 1996 | – | $921M |
| 1995 | – | $696M |
| 1994 | – | $966M |
| 1993 | – | $951M |
| 1992 | – | $907M |
| 1991 | – | $1.11B |
| 1990 | – | $873M |
| 1989 | – | $1.04B |
| 1988 | – | $1.31B |
| 1987 | – | $1.39B |
| 1986 | – | $1.39B |
| 1985 | – | $1.26B |
| 1984 | – | $1.15B |
| 1983 | – | $1.19B |
| 1982 | – | $1.17B |
| 1981 | – | $1.11B |
| 1980 | – | $1.02B |
| 1979 | – | $1.1B |
| 1978 | – | $975M |
| 1977 | $8.55M | $967M |
| 1976 | $8.11M | $1.25B |
| 1975 | $6.36M | $826M |
| 1974 | $6.06M | $841M |
| 1973 | $6.23M | $945M |
| 1972 | – | $981M |
| 1971 | – | $887M |
| 1970 | $5.37M | $939M |
| 1969 | – | $1.14B |
| 1968 | – | $1.25B |
| 1967 | – | $1.03B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Jordan
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Jordan: 85.7% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024