Jordan vs Pakistan
Jordan vs Pakistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.5B in Jordan and $11.5B in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by $8.98B, or 4.59 times that in Jordan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 1969, when it overtook Jordan.
- In 2025, Jordan ranked 59 and Pakistan ranked 31 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.5B | $11.5B |
| 2024 | $2.53B | $10.3B |
| 2023 | $2.5B | $9.78B |
| 2022 | $2.42B | $11.2B |
| 2021 | $2.35B | $12B |
| 2020 | $2.25B | $11.5B |
| 2019 | $2.23B | $11.7B |
| 2018 | $2.17B | $11.8B |
| 2017 | $2.24B | $10.6B |
| 2016 | $2.11B | $9.66B |
| 2015 | $1.92B | $9.34B |
| 2014 | $1.82B | $8.6B |
| 2013 | $1.75B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $1.87B | $7.9B |
| 2011 | $2.11B | $7.45B |
| 2010 | $2.15B | $7.07B |
| 2009 | $2.27B | $6.76B |
| 2008 | $1.95B | $6.56B |
| 2007 | $1.69B | $6.96B |
| 2006 | $1.2B | $6.91B |
| 2005 | $1.1B | $6.8B |
| 2004 | $1.11B | $6.53B |
| 2003 | $1.19B | $6.27B |
| 2002 | $1.03B | $5.87B |
| 2001 | $1.07B | $5.46B |
| 2000 | $1.09B | $5.1B |
| 1999 | $1.06B | $5.09B |
| 1998 | $1.03B | $5.04B |
| 1997 | $951M | $5.04B |
| 1996 | $921M | $5.27B |
| 1995 | $696M | $5.27B |
| 1994 | $966M | $5.18B |
| 1993 | $951M | $5.33B |
| 1992 | $907M | $5.36B |
| 1991 | $1.11B | $5.04B |
| 1990 | $873M | $4.71B |
| 1989 | $1.04B | $4.46B |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $4.45B |
| 1987 | $1.39B | $4.3B |
| 1986 | $1.39B | $3.93B |
| 1985 | $1.26B | $3.65B |
| 1984 | $1.15B | $3.36B |
| 1983 | $1.19B | $3.12B |
| 1982 | $1.17B | $2.8B |
| 1981 | $1.11B | $2.32B |
| 1980 | $1.02B | $2.14B |
| 1979 | $1.1B | $1.98B |
| 1978 | $975M | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $967M | $1.76B |
| 1976 | $1.25B | $1.77B |
| 1975 | $826M | $1.75B |
| 1974 | $841M | $1.67B |
| 1973 | $945M | $1.68B |
| 1972 | $981M | $1.8B |
| 1971 | $887M | $1.6B |
| 1970 | $939M | $1.44B |
| 1969 | $1.14B | $1.32B |
| 1968 | $1.25B | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $1.03B | $1.18B |
| 1966 | – | $1.45B |
| 1965 | – | $1.24B |
| 1964 | – | $770M |
| 1963 | – | $683M |
| 1962 | – | $632M |
| 1961 | – | $660M |
| 1960 | – | $666M |
| 1959 | – | $640M |
| 1958 | – | $543M |
| 1957 | – | $523M |
| 1956 | – | $630M |
- 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
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 per personJordan: $221 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending 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