Iraq vs Jordan
Iraq vs Jordan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 55 million TIV in Iraq in 2025 and 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 46 million TIV, or 2.35 times that in Jordan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Jordan.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 80 million | 34 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 30 million | 22 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 55 million | 50 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 5 million | 148 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 144 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 454 million | 170 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 945 million | 363 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.83 billion | 243 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.49 billion | 228 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 629 million | 194 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 375 million | 72 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 523 million | 185 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 623 million | 211 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 480 million | 87 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 418 million | 230 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 379 million | 157 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 299 million | 180 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 306 million | 50 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 195 million | 79 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 168 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 281 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 132 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 160 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 139 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 63 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 248 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 77 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 75 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 19 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 24 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 818 million | 16 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.51 billion | 74 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1.92 billion | 243 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 3.47 billion | 133 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3.39 billion | 206 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3.91 billion | 292 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 4.58 billion | 629 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 3.38 billion | 634 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3.26 billion | 1.06 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 2.58 billion | 401 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 2.25 billion | 359 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.4 billion | 256 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.8 billion | 576 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.07 billion | 457 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.14 billion | 383 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.11 billion | 372 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.43 billion | 132 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.85 billion | 56 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 645 million | 87 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 187 million | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 185 million | 147 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 418 million | 173 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 392 million | 48 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 364 million | 126 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 341 million | 95 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 248 million | 56 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 321 million | 33 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 201 million | 39 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 278 million | 66 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 130 million | 26 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 176 million | 53 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, 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.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- 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 exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024