Algeria vs Iraq

Algeria vs Iraq: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 2.45% of GDP in Iraq, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 6.38 percentage points, or 3.61 times that in Iraq.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Algeria vs Iraq: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 2.45% of GDP in Iraq, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 6.38 percentage points, or 3.61 times that in Iraq.
AlgeriaIraqSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Iraq ranked 39 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAlgeriaIraq
20258.832.45
20247.972.27
20237.392.26
20224.061.64
20214.892.26
20205.893.11
20195.333.24
20184.932.75
20175.313.91
20165.653.55
20155.555.41
20144.972.95
20134.423.32
20124.111.9
20113.962.3
20103.192.71
20093.512.9
20082.872.37
20072.772.24
20062.511.9
20052.732.24
20043.051.68
20033–
20023.42–
20013.52–
20003.43–
19993.76–
19983.97–
19973.64–
19963.09–
19952.94–
19943.15–
19932.51–
19922.14–
19911.21–
19901.46–
19891.54–
19881.75–
19871.86–
19861.79–
19851.64–
19841.76–
19831.95–
19822.06–
19811.8210.83
19802.15.51
19792.146.15
19782.388.12
19772.249.81
19762.711.16
19752.1311.67
19741.9612.49
19731.6912.26
19721.810.64
19712.0910.52
19702.1311.17
19692.3911.38
19682.629.22
19673.028.43
19663.518.52
19653.428.87
19643.57.96
19632.518.25
1962–6.91
1961–6.85
1960–7.05
1959–6.71
1958–6.08
1957–6.54
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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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