Algeria vs Syria
Algeria vs Syria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 12 million TIV in Algeria in 1984 and 30 million TIV in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in Algeria, by 11 million TIV, or 12 times that in Syria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Syria.
- The world as a whole: 41.6 billion TIV in 1984.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Syria | 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 | – | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 33 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 3 million | 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 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 0 | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 15 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 31 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 32 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 12 million | 46 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 178 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 6 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 0 | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 17 million | 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 | – | – | 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025