Iran vs Switzerland

Iran vs Switzerland: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 0.76% of GDP in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 1.34 percentage points, or 2.76 times that in Switzerland.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Iran vs Switzerland: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.09% of GDP in Iran and 0.76% of GDP in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 1.34 percentage points, or 2.76 times that in Switzerland.
IranSwitzerlandSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 1963, when it overtook Switzerland.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 54 and Switzerland ranked 127 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIranSwitzerland
20252.090.76
20242.220.7
20232.490.71
20222.240.68
20212.320.67
20202.180.77
20192.150.7
20182.360.65
20172.840.67
20162.80.66
20152.560.65
20142.120.63
20132.180.71
20122.690.67
20112.380.69
20102.790.69
20093.050.73
20082.680.72
20072.650.72
20063.320.75
20053.040.83
20042.840.89
20032.410.93
20022.180.96
20012.420.99
20002.31.03
19992.411.09
19982.631.19
19972.51.22
19962.251.28
19952.151.36
19942.071.33
19931.71.37
19921.791.52
19912.171.54
19902.941.57
19894.561.52
19886.271.57
19875.891.56
19866.081.66
19856.511.83
19846.361.7
19837.11.75
19827.911.73
19818.191.66
19805.341.68
19795.82.04
197811.111.97
197710.192.02
197611.252.16
197512.071.9
19748.751.88
19731.871.86
19722.281.97
19713.052.05
19705.862.1
19695.972.2
19685.182.18
19674.462.38
19663.822.53
19653.252.47
19642.882.54
19632.592.52
19622.312.57
19612.352.47
19602.32.34
1959–2.71
1958–2.99
1957–2.83
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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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