Oman vs Saudi Arabia
Oman vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.94B in Oman and $81.5B in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $75.5B, or 14 times that in Oman.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- In 2025, Oman ranked 42 and Saudi Arabia ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Oman | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.94B | $81.5B |
| 2024 | $5.99B | $80.3B |
| 2023 | $5.89B | $79.1B |
| 2022 | $5.87B | $73.8B |
| 2021 | $6.02B | $67.4B |
| 2020 | $6.45B | $71B |
| 2019 | $6.91B | $74.3B |
| 2018 | $8.01B | $83.8B |
| 2017 | $7.27B | $81B |
| 2016 | $8.62B | $72.6B |
| 2015 | $8.27B | $102B |
| 2014 | $9.02B | $95.2B |
| 2013 | $9.73B | $80.7B |
| 2012 | $10.4B | $70.5B |
| 2011 | $5.77B | $62.3B |
| 2010 | $4.41B | $61.4B |
| 2009 | $4.18B | $59B |
| 2008 | $4.44B | $57.4B |
| 2007 | $4.68B | $58.5B |
| 2006 | $4.61B | $50.8B |
| 2005 | $4.33B | $44.6B |
| 2004 | $3.59B | $36.9B |
| 2003 | $3.19B | $33.3B |
| 2002 | $3.04B | $33B |
| 2001 | $2.95B | $37.6B |
| 2000 | $2.53B | $35.3B |
| 1999 | $2.13B | $32.1B |
| 1998 | $2.1B | $36B |
| 1997 | $2.37B | $31.2B |
| 1996 | $2.29B | $23B |
| 1995 | $2.43B | $23B |
| 1994 | $2.41B | $26.1B |
| 1993 | $2.27B | $30.2B |
| 1992 | $2.42B | $28.5B |
| 1991 | $2.02B | $30.4B |
| 1990 | $2.44B | $31.8B |
| 1989 | $2.17B | $25.3B |
| 1988 | $2.16B | $26.8B |
| 1987 | $2.18B | $29.3B |
| 1986 | $2.54B | – |
| 1985 | $3.07B | $32.9B |
| 1984 | $2.88B | $39.9B |
| 1983 | $2.46B | $37.1B |
| 1982 | $2.08B | $45.7B |
| 1981 | $1.92B | $41B |
| 1980 | $1.59B | $35.2B |
| 1979 | $1.59B | $31.5B |
| 1978 | $2.04B | $24.5B |
| 1977 | $1.55B | $21.6B |
| 1976 | $1.62B | – |
| 1975 | $1.51B | – |
| 1974 | $731M | – |
| 1973 | $684M | $7.36B |
| 1972 | $635M | $5.7B |
| 1971 | $378M | $4.06B |
| 1970 | – | $3.42B |
| 1969 | – | $3.12B |
| 1968 | – | $2.55B |
| 1967 | – | $2.57B |
| 1966 | – | $2.34B |
| 1965 | – | $1.41B |
| 1964 | – | $982M |
| 1963 | – | $929M |
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Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Oman vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyOman: 80 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityOman: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityOman: 8.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionOman: 3.43% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateOman: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationOman: 5.05 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthOman: 4.59% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateOman: 2.53 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationOman: 79.5% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageOman: 29.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overOman: 2.7% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateOman: 31 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingOman: 5.68% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personOman: $1,109 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingOman: 20% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelOman: 47,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerOman: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersOman: 2.12% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsOman: 4 million TIV in 2023Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsOman: 7 million TIV in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023