Iraq vs Kuwait
Iraq vs Kuwait: Arms exports
Arms exports: 20 million TIV in Iraq in 1989 and 95 million TIV in Kuwait in 1998, by SIPRI estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Iraq, by 22 million TIV, or 4.67 times that in Kuwait.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- The world as a whole: 42.2 billion TIV in 1980.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 95 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 169 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 4 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 28 million | 6 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 22 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 3 million | 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 Kuwait
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Kuwait: 80.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Kuwait: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kuwait: 7.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Kuwait: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Kuwait: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kuwait: 2.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Kuwait: 4.84 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Kuwait: 1.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Kuwait: 1.53 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Kuwait: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Kuwait: 34.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Kuwait: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kuwait: 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Kuwait: 4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Kuwait: $7.92B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Kuwait: $1,623 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Kuwait: 10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Kuwait: 25,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Kuwait: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Kuwait: 1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Kuwait: 311 million TIV in 2025