Jordan vs Pakistan
Jordan vs Pakistan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $221 in Jordan and $47 in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Jordan, by $174, or 4.71 times that in Pakistan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Jordan ranked 59 and Pakistan ranked 101 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $221 | $47 |
| 2024 | $220 | $41 |
| 2023 | $217 | $35 |
| 2022 | $209 | $43 |
| 2021 | $199 | $49 |
| 2020 | $191 | $44 |
| 2019 | $192 | $45 |
| 2018 | $189 | $51 |
| 2017 | $192 | $51 |
| 2016 | $179 | $46 |
| 2015 | $176 | $44 |
| 2014 | $185 | $41 |
| 2013 | $190 | $37 |
| 2012 | $195 | $36 |
| 2011 | $216 | $35 |
| 2010 | $216 | $30 |
| 2009 | $222 | $27 |
| 2008 | $197 | $28 |
| 2007 | $153 | $29 |
| 2006 | $115 | $28 |
| 2005 | $101 | $26 |
| 2004 | $101 | $24 |
| 2003 | $108 | $23 |
| 2002 | $94 | $20 |
| 2001 | $97 | $18 |
| 2000 | $99 | $19 |
| 1999 | $98 | $21 |
| 1998 | $97 | $22 |
| 1997 | $89 | $24 |
| 1996 | $86 | $26 |
| 1995 | $64 | $28 |
| 1994 | $91 | $26 |
| 1993 | $92 | $26 |
| 1992 | $92 | $28 |
| 1991 | $114 | $26 |
| 1990 | $94 | $25 |
| 1989 | $117 | $23 |
| 1988 | $189 | $25 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
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 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