Algeria vs Pakistan
Algeria vs Pakistan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 24.6% of government spending in Algeria and 13.8% of government spending in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 10.7 percentage points, or 1.78 times that in Pakistan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Pakistan.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 2 and Pakistan ranked 17 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.6 | 13.8 |
| 2024 | 22 | 14 |
| 2023 | 19.7 | 15 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 15 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | 15.7 | 17.2 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | 13.6 | 18.8 |
| 2017 | 14.6 | 17.6 |
| 2016 | 15.2 | 18.1 |
| 2015 | 13.6 | 18 |
| 2014 | 13.4 | 17.3 |
| 2013 | 13.2 | 15.9 |
| 2012 | 10.3 | 16.1 |
| 2011 | 10.5 | 17 |
| 2010 | 9.1 | 16.8 |
| 2009 | 8.8 | 16.9 |
| 2008 | 7.7 | 16.1 |
| 2007 | 8.4 | 18 |
| 2006 | 9 | 21.4 |
| 2005 | 9.8 | 24.5 |
| 2004 | 11.3 | 26.1 |
| 2003 | 11.1 | 25.4 |
| 2002 | 10.5 | 22.6 |
| 2001 | 12.1 | 24 |
| 2000 | 12 | 22.4 |
| 1999 | 11.7 | 24 |
| 1998 | 12.7 | 23.5 |
| 1997 | 11.8 | 25 |
| 1996 | 10.6 | 24.6 |
| 1995 | 9.4 | 27.2 |
| 1994 | 9.4 | 27.4 |
| 1993 | 7.1 | 25.1 |
| 1992 | 7 | – |
| 1991 | 4 | – |
| 1990 | 5.8 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025