Iraq vs Syria

Iraq vs Syria: Military spending per person

Military spending per person: $139 in Iraq in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Iraq, by $26, or 1.24 times that in Syria.

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US dollars per person · SIPRI

Iraq vs Syria: Military spending per personMilitary spending per person: $139 in Iraq in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Iraq, by $26, or 1.24 times that in Syria.
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What the numbers say

  • Iraq has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Syria.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearIraqSyria
2025$139–
2024$139–
2023$128–
2022$109–
2021$112–
2020$136–
2019$188–
2018$159–
2017$191–
2016$157–
2015$259–
2014$192–
2013$225–
2012$126–
2011$136$110
2010$123$106
2009$110$100
2008$110$80
2007$70$79
2006$43$75
2005$40$78
2004$23$77
2003–$81
2002–$64
2001–$61
2000–$55
1999–$70
1998–$70
1997–$69
1996–$67
1995–$66
1994–$117
1993–$105
1992–$226
1991–$226
1990–$133
1989–$124
1988–$321
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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