Afghanistan vs Syria

Afghanistan vs Syria: Military spending

Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 2.11 percentage points, or 2.08 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs Syria: Military spendingMilitary spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 2.11 percentage points, or 2.08 times that in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanSyriaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanSyria
20211.83–
20201.36–
20191.17–
20181.01–
20170.95–
20160.96–
20150.99–
20141.3–
20131.08–
20121.18–
20111.82–
20101.954.06
20092.094.03
20082.343.55
20072.574.1
20061.94.39
20051.995.03
20042.435.54
2003–6.25
2002–5.41
2001–5.48
2000–5.45
1999–5.81
1998–5.81
1997–5.88
1996–6.04
1995–6.95
1994–7.36
1993–7.24
1992–8.99
1991–10.43
1990–6.87
1989–7.97
1988–7.85
1987–11.22
1986–14.45
1985–16.56
1984–17.69
1983–14.64
1982–15.56
1981–14.55
1980–17.25
1979–15.93
1978–14.71
19772.0114.5
19762.0514.73
19751.7215.95
19741.6112.66
19731.8715.07
1972–10.77
1971–8.44
19701.6311.22
1969–10.83
1968–12.16
1967–8.21
1966–7.75
1965–8.88
1964–8.64
1962–13.47
1961–9.55
1960–10.52
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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.

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