Iran vs Spain

Iran vs Spain: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.04 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Iran.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Iran vs Spain: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.04 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iran.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 54 and Spain ranked 51 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIranSpain
20252.092.13
20242.221.46
20232.491.54
20222.241.43
20212.321.37
20202.181.36
20192.151.23
20182.361.25
20172.841.22
20162.81.13
20152.561.26
20142.121.25
20132.181.27
20122.691.42
20112.381.33
20102.791.38
20093.051.36
20082.681.37
20072.651.36
20063.321.37
20053.041.39
20042.841.43
20032.411.42
20022.181.46
20012.421.63
20002.31.73
19992.411.76
19982.631.76
19972.51.72
19962.251.81
19952.151.92
19942.072
19931.72.01
19921.792.04
19912.172.13
19902.942.29
19894.562.36
19886.272.49
19875.892.62
19866.082.63
19856.512.96
19846.362.97
19837.12.94
19827.912.66
19818.192.58
19805.342.49
19795.82.5
197811.112.36
197710.192.31
197611.252.32
197512.072
19748.752.21
19731.872.11
19722.282.32
19713.052.11
19705.862.29
19695.972.43
19685.182.3
19674.461.85
19663.822.08
19653.251.89
19642.881.93
19632.591.97
19622.312.27
19612.352.03
19602.32.25
1959–1.91
1958–1.93
1957–2.24
1956–2.26
1955–2.31
1954–2.29
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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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