Algeria vs Iraq
Algeria vs Iraq: Arms exports
Arms exports: 12 million TIV in Algeria in 1984 and 20 million TIV in Iraq in 1989, by SIPRI estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Iraq, by 22 million TIV, or 4.67 times that in Algeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- The world as a whole: 42.2 billion TIV in 1980.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 169 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 12 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 6 million | 28 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 3 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Iraq
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iraq: 72.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iraq: 59.7% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iraq: 3.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iraq: 45.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iraq: 2.15% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iraq: 69.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iraq: 20.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iraq: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iraq: $6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iraq: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iraq: 459,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iraq: 55 million TIV in 2025