Algeria vs Iran
Algeria vs Iran: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $540 in Algeria and $80 in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by $459, or 6.72 times that in Iran.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Iran.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 41 and Iran ranked 83 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $540 | $80 |
| 2024 | $469 | $87 |
| 2023 | $399 | $82 |
| 2022 | $203 | $84 |
| 2021 | $205 | $65 |
| 2020 | $222 | $38 |
| 2019 | $240 | $57 |
| 2018 | $228 | $138 |
| 2017 | $244 | $165 |
| 2016 | $253 | $147 |
| 2015 | $263 | $129 |
| 2014 | $306 | $122 |
| 2013 | $267 | $150 |
| 2012 | $250 | $209 |
| 2011 | $237 | $183 |
| 2010 | $158 | $176 |
| 2009 | $150 | $166 |
| 2008 | $150 | $148 |
| 2007 | $116 | $126 |
| 2006 | $93 | $121 |
| 2005 | $89 | $96 |
| 2004 | $87 | $75 |
| 2003 | $69 | $55 |
| 2002 | $67 | $48 |
| 2001 | $67 | $155 |
| 2000 | $61 | $126 |
| 1999 | $60 | $102 |
| 1998 | $64 | $86 |
| 1997 | $60 | $73 |
| 1996 | $51 | $57 |
| 1995 | $44 | $40 |
| 1994 | $48 | $28 |
| 1993 | $47 | $23 |
| 1992 | $40 | $325 |
| 1991 | $22 | $296 |
| 1990 | $36 | $286 |
| 1989 | $35 | $292 |
| 1988 | $43 | $348 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iran: $7.45B 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