Afghanistan vs Jordan: Military spending
Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Jordan, by 2.87 percentage points, or 2.57 times that in Afghanistan.
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Watch it change on the mapChange since 1970, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1.83 2021 | 1.82 | — |
| Jordan | 4.56 2025 | 4.19 | 10 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 4.56 |
| 2024 | – | 4.75 |
| 2023 | – | 4.82 |
| 2022 | – | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 1.83 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 1.36 | 4.71 |
| 2019 | 1.17 | 4.57 |
| 2018 | 1.01 | 4.56 |
| 2017 | 0.95 | 4.68 |
| 2016 | 0.96 | 4.44 |
| 2015 | 0.99 | 4.19 |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 1.08 | 4.19 |
| 2012 | 1.18 | 4.66 |
| 2011 | 1.82 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 1.95 | 5.74 |
| 2009 | 2.09 | 6.39 |
| 2008 | 2.34 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2.57 | 5.85 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 4.66 |
| 2005 | 1.99 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 2.43 | 5.14 |
| 2003 | – | 6 |
| 2002 | – | 5.45 |
| 2001 | – | 5.89 |
| 2000 | – | 6.26 |
| 1999 | – | 6.28 |
| 1998 | – | 6.28 |
| 1997 | – | 6.13 |
| 1996 | – | 6.03 |
| 1995 | – | 4.45 |
| 1994 | – | 6.54 |
| 1993 | – | 6.98 |
| 1992 | – | 6.92 |
| 1991 | – | 9.97 |
| 1990 | – | 7.75 |
| 1989 | – | 9.07 |
| 1988 | – | 9.36 |
| 1987 | – | 9.58 |
| 1986 | – | 9.78 |
| 1985 | – | 10.05 |
| 1984 | – | 9.22 |
| 1983 | – | 9.85 |
| 1982 | – | 9.94 |
| 1981 | – | 10.01 |
| 1980 | – | 10.65 |
| 1979 | – | 12.21 |
| 1978 | – | 11.72 |
| 1977 | 2.01 | 12.53 |
| 1976 | 2.05 | 17.24 |
| 1975 | 1.72 | 15.25 |
| 1974 | 1.61 | 17.51 |
| 1973 | 1.87 | 18.67 |
| 1972 | – | 18.36 |
| 1971 | – | 17.15 |
| 1970 | 1.63 | 18.51 |
| 1969 | – | 20.18 |
| 1968 | – | 24.06 |
| 1967 | – | 23.49 |
| 1966 | – | 19.49 |
| 1965 | – | 13.41 |
| 1964 | – | 14.84 |
| 1963 | – | 17.12 |
| 1962 | – | 18.15 |
| 1961 | – | 16.51 |
| 1960 | – | 20.4 |
| 1959 | – | 22.54 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.
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