Iraq vs Jordan
Iraq vs Jordan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $6.4B in Iraq and $2.5B in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iraq, by $3.9B, or 2.56 times that in Jordan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 1973, when it overtook Jordan.
- In 2025, Iraq ranked 40 and Jordan ranked 59 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.4B | $2.5B |
| 2024 | $6.34B | $2.53B |
| 2023 | $5.07B | $2.5B |
| 2022 | $4.82B | $2.42B |
| 2021 | $5.11B | $2.35B |
| 2020 | $5.3B | $2.25B |
| 2019 | $7.14B | $2.23B |
| 2018 | $5.89B | $2.17B |
| 2017 | $6.93B | $2.24B |
| 2016 | $5.58B | $2.11B |
| 2015 | $8.92B | $1.92B |
| 2014 | $6.51B | $1.82B |
| 2013 | $7.48B | $1.75B |
| 2012 | $4.06B | $1.87B |
| 2011 | $4.46B | $2.11B |
| 2010 | $4.14B | $2.15B |
| 2009 | $3.68B | $2.27B |
| 2008 | $3.86B | $1.95B |
| 2007 | $2.92B | $1.69B |
| 2006 | $1.91B | $1.2B |
| 2005 | $2.66B | $1.1B |
| 2004 | $1.97B | $1.11B |
| 2003 | – | $1.19B |
| 2002 | – | $1.03B |
| 2001 | – | $1.07B |
| 2000 | – | $1.09B |
| 1999 | – | $1.06B |
| 1998 | – | $1.03B |
| 1997 | – | $951M |
| 1996 | – | $921M |
| 1995 | – | $696M |
| 1994 | – | $966M |
| 1993 | – | $951M |
| 1992 | – | $907M |
| 1991 | – | $1.11B |
| 1990 | – | $873M |
| 1989 | – | $1.04B |
| 1988 | – | $1.31B |
| 1987 | – | $1.39B |
| 1986 | – | $1.39B |
| 1985 | – | $1.26B |
| 1984 | – | $1.15B |
| 1983 | – | $1.19B |
| 1982 | – | $1.17B |
| 1981 | – | $1.11B |
| 1980 | – | $1.02B |
| 1979 | – | $1.1B |
| 1978 | $1.99B | $975M |
| 1977 | $2.1B | $967M |
| 1976 | $2.01B | $1.25B |
| 1975 | $2.05B | $826M |
| 1974 | $2.02B | $841M |
| 1973 | $1.03B | $945M |
| 1972 | $828M | $981M |
| 1971 | $856M | $887M |
| 1970 | $843M | $939M |
| 1969 | $824M | $1.14B |
| 1968 | $676M | $1.25B |
| 1967 | $556M | $1.03B |
| 1966 | $575M | – |
| 1965 | $563M | – |
| 1964 | $460M | – |
| 1963 | $405M | – |
| 1962 | $349M | – |
| 1961 | $328M | – |
| 1960 | $313M | – |
| 1959 | $273M | – |
| 1958 | $233M | – |
| 1957 | $217M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
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 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
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024