Iraq vs Jordan

Iraq vs Jordan: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.45% of GDP in Iraq and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Jordan, by 2.11 percentage points, or 1.86 times that in Iraq.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Iraq vs Jordan: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.45% of GDP in Iraq and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Jordan, by 2.11 percentage points, or 1.86 times that in Iraq.
IraqJordanSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Jordan has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Iraq ranked 39 and Jordan ranked 10 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIraqJordan
20252.454.56
20242.274.75
20232.264.82
20221.644.8
20212.264.7
20203.114.71
20193.244.57
20182.754.56
20173.914.68
20163.554.44
20155.414.19
20142.954.2
20133.324.19
20121.94.66
20112.35.4
20102.715.74
20092.96.39
20082.376
20072.245.85
20061.94.66
20052.244.8
20041.685.14
2003–6
2002–5.45
2001–5.89
2000–6.26
1999–6.28
1998–6.28
1997–6.13
1996–6.03
1995–4.45
1994–6.54
1993–6.98
1992–6.92
1991–9.97
1990–7.75
1989–9.07
1988–9.36
1987–9.58
1986–9.78
1985–10.05
1984–9.22
1983–9.85
1982–9.94
198110.8310.01
19805.5110.65
19796.1512.21
19788.1211.72
19779.8112.53
197611.1617.24
197511.6715.25
197412.4917.51
197312.2618.67
197210.6418.36
197110.5217.15
197011.1718.51
196911.3820.18
19689.2224.06
19678.4323.49
19668.5219.49
19658.8713.41
19647.9614.84
19638.2517.12
19626.9118.15
19616.8516.51
19607.0520.4
19596.7122.54
19586.08–
19576.54–
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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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