Jordan vs Syria
Jordan vs Syria: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $221 in Jordan in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Jordan, by $106, or 1.97 times that in Syria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $221 | – |
| 2024 | $220 | – |
| 2023 | $217 | – |
| 2022 | $209 | – |
| 2021 | $199 | – |
| 2020 | $191 | – |
| 2019 | $192 | – |
| 2018 | $189 | – |
| 2017 | $192 | – |
| 2016 | $179 | – |
| 2015 | $176 | – |
| 2014 | $185 | – |
| 2013 | $190 | – |
| 2012 | $195 | – |
| 2011 | $216 | $110 |
| 2010 | $216 | $106 |
| 2009 | $222 | $100 |
| 2008 | $197 | $80 |
| 2007 | $153 | $79 |
| 2006 | $115 | $75 |
| 2005 | $101 | $78 |
| 2004 | $101 | $77 |
| 2003 | $108 | $81 |
| 2002 | $94 | $64 |
| 2001 | $97 | $61 |
| 2000 | $99 | $55 |
| 1999 | $98 | $70 |
| 1998 | $97 | $70 |
| 1997 | $89 | $69 |
| 1996 | $86 | $67 |
| 1995 | $64 | $66 |
| 1994 | $91 | $117 |
| 1993 | $92 | $105 |
| 1992 | $92 | $226 |
| 1991 | $114 | $226 |
| 1990 | $94 | $133 |
| 1989 | $117 | $124 |
| 1988 | $189 | $321 |
- 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 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 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