Jordan vs Syria
Jordan vs Syria: Military spending
Military spending: 4.56% of GDP in Jordan in 2025 and 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Jordan, by 1.68 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Syria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.56 | – |
| 2024 | 4.75 | – |
| 2023 | 4.82 | – |
| 2022 | 4.8 | – |
| 2021 | 4.7 | – |
| 2020 | 4.71 | – |
| 2019 | 4.57 | – |
| 2018 | 4.56 | – |
| 2017 | 4.68 | – |
| 2016 | 4.44 | – |
| 2015 | 4.19 | – |
| 2014 | 4.2 | – |
| 2013 | 4.19 | – |
| 2012 | 4.66 | – |
| 2011 | 5.4 | – |
| 2010 | 5.74 | 4.06 |
| 2009 | 6.39 | 4.03 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3.55 |
| 2007 | 5.85 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 4.66 | 4.39 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 5.03 |
| 2004 | 5.14 | 5.54 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6.25 |
| 2002 | 5.45 | 5.41 |
| 2001 | 5.89 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 6.26 | 5.45 |
| 1999 | 6.28 | 5.81 |
| 1998 | 6.28 | 5.81 |
| 1997 | 6.13 | 5.88 |
| 1996 | 6.03 | 6.04 |
| 1995 | 4.45 | 6.95 |
| 1994 | 6.54 | 7.36 |
| 1993 | 6.98 | 7.24 |
| 1992 | 6.92 | 8.99 |
| 1991 | 9.97 | 10.43 |
| 1990 | 7.75 | 6.87 |
| 1989 | 9.07 | 7.97 |
| 1988 | 9.36 | 7.85 |
| 1987 | 9.58 | 11.22 |
| 1986 | 9.78 | 14.45 |
| 1985 | 10.05 | 16.56 |
| 1984 | 9.22 | 17.69 |
| 1983 | 9.85 | 14.64 |
| 1982 | 9.94 | 15.56 |
| 1981 | 10.01 | 14.55 |
| 1980 | 10.65 | 17.25 |
| 1979 | 12.21 | 15.93 |
| 1978 | 11.72 | 14.71 |
| 1977 | 12.53 | 14.5 |
| 1976 | 17.24 | 14.73 |
| 1975 | 15.25 | 15.95 |
| 1974 | 17.51 | 12.66 |
| 1973 | 18.67 | 15.07 |
| 1972 | 18.36 | 10.77 |
| 1971 | 17.15 | 8.44 |
| 1970 | 18.51 | 11.22 |
| 1969 | 20.18 | 10.83 |
| 1968 | 24.06 | 12.16 |
| 1967 | 23.49 | 8.21 |
| 1966 | 19.49 | 7.75 |
| 1965 | 13.41 | 8.88 |
| 1964 | 14.84 | 8.64 |
| 1963 | 17.12 | – |
| 1962 | 18.15 | 13.47 |
| 1961 | 16.51 | 9.55 |
| 1960 | 20.4 | 10.52 |
| 1959 | 22.54 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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 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
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010