Iran vs Jordan
Iran vs Jordan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025 and 226 million TIV in Jordan in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Jordan, by 120 million TIV, or 2.13 times that in Iran.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 106 million | 226 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 170 million | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 48 million | 53 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2 million | 74 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 16 million | 66 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 9 million | 2 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 24 million | 80 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 24 million | 18 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 11 million | 16 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 34 million | 114 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 2 million | 35 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 35 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 77 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 54 million | 117 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 99 million | 28 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 82 million | 13 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2 million | 13 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 78 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 4 million | 22 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 3 million | 19 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 12 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 6 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | 65 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | 64 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | 7 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | 7 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1 million | 2 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | 76 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | 1 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 18 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 86 million | 50 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 129 million | 23 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 6 million | 22 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 106 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 6 million | 36 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 23 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 28 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 3 million | – | 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
Iran vs Jordan
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Jordan: 85.7% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Jordan: $2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024