Jordan vs Syria
Jordan vs Syria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 226 million TIV in Jordan in 2024 and 30 million TIV in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Jordan, by 87 million TIV, or 3.9 times that in Syria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Syria.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 226 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 11 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 53 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 74 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 66 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 109 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 80 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 16 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 114 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 35 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 117 million | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 28 million | 33 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 13 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 13 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 3 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 22 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 19 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 0 | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 65 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 64 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 7 million | 15 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 7 million | 31 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 2 million | 32 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 76 million | 46 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | 178 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 18 million | 0 | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 50 million | 2 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 23 million | 2 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 22 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 36 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 17 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 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
Jordan vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025