Iraq vs Jordan
Iraq vs Jordan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 20 million TIV in Iraq in 1989 and 226 million TIV in Jordan in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 1989 the value was higher in Jordan, by 44 million TIV, or 3.2 times that in Iraq.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Iraq.
- The world as a whole: 34.9 billion TIV in 1989.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 226 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 53 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 74 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 66 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 2 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 80 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 18 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 16 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 114 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 35 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 117 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 28 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 13 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 13 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 22 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 19 million | 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 | – | 6 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 65 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | 64 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 169 million | 7 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 7 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 76 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 28 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 18 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 50 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 23 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 22 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 36 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 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 | 3 million | – | 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
Iraq vs Jordan
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Jordan: 85.7% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Jordan: $2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024