Jordan vs Pakistan
Jordan vs Pakistan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 13.5% of government spending in Jordan and 13.8% of government spending in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Jordan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Jordan.
- In 2025, Jordan ranked 18 and Pakistan ranked 17 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.5 | 13.8 |
| 2024 | 14.4 | 14 |
| 2023 | 14.7 | 15 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 13.8 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | 14.8 | 17.2 |
| 2019 | 15.2 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | 15 | 18.8 |
| 2017 | 16.2 | 17.6 |
| 2016 | 15.6 | 18.1 |
| 2015 | 12.8 | 18 |
| 2014 | 11.8 | 17.3 |
| 2013 | 12.5 | 15.9 |
| 2012 | 12.6 | 16.1 |
| 2011 | 15.2 | 17 |
| 2010 | 17.9 | 16.8 |
| 2009 | 18.5 | 16.9 |
| 2008 | 17.7 | 16.1 |
| 2007 | 16.1 | 18 |
| 2006 | 12.8 | 21.4 |
| 2005 | 12.3 | 24.5 |
| 2004 | 13.6 | 26.1 |
| 2003 | 16.1 | 25.4 |
| 2002 | 15.9 | 22.6 |
| 2001 | 17.8 | 24 |
| 2000 | 18.3 | 22.4 |
| 1999 | 18.6 | 24 |
| 1998 | 17.5 | 23.5 |
| 1997 | 17.7 | 25 |
| 1996 | 16.3 | 24.6 |
| 1995 | 12.3 | 27.2 |
| 1994 | 18.7 | 27.4 |
| 1993 | 18.9 | 25.1 |
| 1992 | 19.2 | – |
| 1991 | 22.1 | – |
| 1990 | 17.5 | – |
| 1989 | 21.2 | – |
| 1988 | 21 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Jordan vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJordan: 85.7% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJordan: $2.5B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025