Jordan vs Syria
Jordan vs Syria: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 13.5% of government spending in Jordan in 2025 and 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Jordan, by 4.3 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Syria.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.5 | – |
| 2024 | 14.4 | – |
| 2023 | 14.7 | – |
| 2022 | 14.4 | – |
| 2021 | 13.8 | – |
| 2020 | 14.8 | – |
| 2019 | 15.2 | – |
| 2018 | 15 | – |
| 2017 | 16.2 | – |
| 2016 | 15.6 | – |
| 2015 | 12.8 | – |
| 2014 | 11.8 | – |
| 2013 | 12.5 | – |
| 2012 | 12.6 | – |
| 2011 | 15.2 | – |
| 2010 | 17.9 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 18.5 | 15.1 |
| 2008 | 17.7 | 15.5 |
| 2007 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 12.8 | 16.5 |
| 2005 | 12.3 | 17.8 |
| 2004 | 13.6 | 17.7 |
| 2003 | 16.1 | 19.1 |
| 2002 | 15.9 | 17.4 |
| 2001 | 17.8 | 18.9 |
| 2000 | 18.3 | 19 |
| 1999 | 18.6 | 20.7 |
| 1998 | 17.5 | 20.2 |
| 1997 | 17.7 | 20.3 |
| 1996 | 16.3 | 21.8 |
| 1995 | 12.3 | 23.4 |
| 1994 | 18.7 | 24.3 |
| 1993 | 18.9 | 24.6 |
| 1992 | 19.2 | 26.3 |
| 1991 | 22.1 | 30.4 |
| 1990 | 17.5 | 24.3 |
| 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 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
- 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
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010