Algeria vs Iran
Algeria vs Iran: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $24.1B in Algeria and $7.45B in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by $16.7B, or 3.24 times that in Iran.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Iran.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 20 and Iran ranked 37 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24.1B | $7.45B |
| 2024 | $21.8B | $7.89B |
| 2023 | $19.3B | $8.83B |
| 2022 | $11B | $8.36B |
| 2021 | $11.4B | $7.95B |
| 2020 | $12.2B | $6.54B |
| 2019 | $12.5B | $6.29B |
| 2018 | $11.6B | $7.51B |
| 2017 | $12.1B | $8.46B |
| 2016 | $12.8B | $7.52B |
| 2015 | $12.7B | $6.55B |
| 2014 | $12.2B | $6.16B |
| 2013 | $10.6B | $6.18B |
| 2012 | $9.78B | $7.67B |
| 2011 | $9.3B | $7.36B |
| 2010 | $6.5B | $8.53B |
| 2009 | $6.14B | $8.39B |
| 2008 | $5.65B | $8.02B |
| 2007 | $4.85B | $8.33B |
| 2006 | $4.13B | $9.06B |
| 2005 | $4.03B | $7.57B |
| 2004 | $3.85B | $6.36B |
| 2003 | $3.39B | $4.92B |
| 2002 | $3.46B | $4.22B |
| 2001 | $3.39B | $3.92B |
| 2000 | $3.1B | $3.52B |
| 1999 | $2.67B | $3.2B |
| 1998 | $2.53B | $3.16B |
| 1997 | $2.39B | $3.16B |
| 1996 | $1.98B | $2.83B |
| 1995 | $1.74B | $2.57B |
| 1994 | $1.8B | $2.62B |
| 1993 | $1.48B | $2.12B |
| 1992 | $1.38B | $1.81B |
| 1991 | $822M | $2.09B |
| 1990 | $803M | $2.32B |
| 1989 | $752M | $2.61B |
| 1988 | $769M | $3.53B |
| 1987 | $777M | $3.81B |
| 1986 | $762M | $4.16B |
| 1985 | $775M | $5.19B |
| 1984 | $827M | $4.97B |
| 1983 | $880M | $5.7B |
| 1982 | $876M | $6.08B |
| 1981 | $759M | $5.66B |
| 1980 | $854M | $3.8B |
| 1979 | $751M | $4.69B |
| 1978 | $759M | $8.42B |
| 1977 | $700M | $8.85B |
| 1976 | $803M | $10.6B |
| 1975 | $576M | $9.37B |
| 1974 | $517M | $6.89B |
| 1973 | $270M | $994M |
| 1972 | $260M | $929M |
| 1971 | $269M | $1.07B |
| 1970 | $274M | $1.72B |
| 1969 | $293M | $1.59B |
| 1968 | – | $1.28B |
| 1967 | – | $972M |
| 1966 | – | $764M |
| 1965 | – | $594M |
| 1964 | – | $472M |
| 1963 | – | $406M |
| 1962 | – | $348M |
| 1961 | – | $338M |
| 1960 | – | $324M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Algeria vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025