Lebanon vs Syria
Lebanon vs Syria: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $142 in Lebanon in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Lebanon, by $212, or 2.93 times that in Syria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Lebanon has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Lebanon | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $142 | – |
| 2024 | $110 | – |
| 2023 | $50 | – |
| 2022 | $38 | – |
| 2021 | $30 | – |
| 2020 | $76 | – |
| 2019 | $395 | – |
| 2018 | $457 | – |
| 2017 | $391 | – |
| 2016 | $407 | – |
| 2015 | $342 | – |
| 2014 | $369 | – |
| 2013 | $363 | – |
| 2012 | $342 | – |
| 2011 | $322 | $110 |
| 2010 | $316 | $106 |
| 2009 | $288 | $100 |
| 2008 | $239 | $80 |
| 2007 | $240 | $79 |
| 2006 | $214 | $75 |
| 2005 | $208 | $78 |
| 2004 | $209 | $77 |
| 2003 | $206 | $81 |
| 2002 | $205 | $64 |
| 2001 | $220 | $61 |
| 2000 | $217 | $55 |
| 1999 | $197 | $70 |
| 1998 | $167 | $70 |
| 1997 | $167 | $69 |
| 1996 | $184 | $67 |
| 1995 | $190 | $66 |
| 1994 | $165 | $117 |
| 1993 | $120 | $105 |
| 1992 | $119 | $226 |
| 1991 | $63 | $226 |
| 1990 | $60 | $133 |
| 1989 | – | $124 |
| 1988 | $12 | $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
Lebanon vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyLebanon: 77.8 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLebanon: 3.68% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateLebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthLebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLebanon: 91% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageLebanon: 28.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLebanon: 9.8% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateLebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military share of state spendingLebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelLebanon: 80,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerLebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010