Algeria vs Jordan

Algeria vs Jordan: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 4.27 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Jordan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Algeria vs Jordan: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 4.27 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Jordan.
AlgeriaJordanSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Jordan.
  • In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Jordan ranked 10 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAlgeriaJordan
20258.834.56
20247.974.75
20237.394.82
20224.064.8
20214.894.7
20205.894.71
20195.334.57
20184.934.56
20175.314.68
20165.654.44
20155.554.19
20144.974.2
20134.424.19
20124.114.66
20113.965.4
20103.195.74
20093.516.39
20082.876
20072.775.85
20062.514.66
20052.734.8
20043.055.14
200336
20023.425.45
20013.525.89
20003.436.26
19993.766.28
19983.976.28
19973.646.13
19963.096.03
19952.944.45
19943.156.54
19932.516.98
19922.146.92
19911.219.97
19901.467.75
19891.549.07
19881.759.36
19871.869.58
19861.799.78
19851.6410.05
19841.769.22
19831.959.85
19822.069.94
19811.8210.01
19802.110.65
19792.1412.21
19782.3811.72
19772.2412.53
19762.717.24
19752.1315.25
19741.9617.51
19731.6918.67
19721.818.36
19712.0917.15
19702.1318.51
19692.3920.18
19682.6224.06
19673.0223.49
19663.5119.49
19653.4213.41
19643.514.84
19632.5117.12
1962–18.15
1961–16.51
1960–20.4
1959–22.54
  • 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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