Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia
Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.91% of GDP in Pakistan and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.57 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Pakistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2025, Pakistan ranked 30 and Saudi Arabia ranked 5 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.91 | 6.48 |
| 2024 | 2.73 | 6.41 |
| 2023 | 2.89 | 6.38 |
| 2022 | 3.18 | 5.72 |
| 2021 | 3.39 | 6.43 |
| 2020 | 3.49 | 8.41 |
| 2019 | 3.51 | 7.35 |
| 2018 | 3.59 | 8.42 |
| 2017 | 3.36 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 9.24 |
| 2015 | 3.16 | 12.57 |
| 2014 | 3.1 | 10.26 |
| 2013 | 3.09 | 8.71 |
| 2012 | 3.1 | 7.51 |
| 2011 | 2.92 | 7.13 |
| 2010 | 3.04 | 8.57 |
| 2009 | 3.27 | 9.62 |
| 2008 | 3.46 | 7.35 |
| 2007 | 3.51 | 8.53 |
| 2006 | 3.65 | 7.85 |
| 2005 | 3.9 | 7.73 |
| 2004 | 3.96 | 8.08 |
| 2003 | 4.09 | 8.69 |
| 2002 | 4.07 | 9.76 |
| 2001 | 3.88 | 11.42 |
| 2000 | 4.17 | 10.53 |
| 1999 | 5.19 | 11.38 |
| 1998 | 5.42 | 14.31 |
| 1997 | 5.62 | 11 |
| 1996 | 6.04 | 8.47 |
| 1995 | 5.82 | 9.28 |
| 1994 | 5.92 | 10.64 |
| 1993 | 6.43 | 12.47 |
| 1992 | 6.7 | 11.28 |
| 1991 | 6.57 | 12.47 |
| 1990 | 6.52 | 14.02 |
| 1989 | 6.53 | 13.39 |
| 1988 | 6.79 | 15.15 |
| 1987 | 6.97 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 6.99 | – |
| 1985 | 6.92 | 17 |
| 1984 | 6.66 | 19 |
| 1983 | 6.64 | 16.97 |
| 1982 | 6.38 | 17.72 |
| 1981 | 5.71 | 13.27 |
| 1980 | 5.52 | 12.61 |
| 1979 | 5.45 | 15.77 |
| 1978 | 5.5 | 16.74 |
| 1977 | 5.55 | 15.65 |
| 1976 | 5.89 | – |
| 1975 | 6.32 | – |
| 1974 | 6.09 | – |
| 1973 | 6.21 | 10.84 |
| 1972 | 6.87 | 10.08 |
| 1971 | 6.74 | 8.64 |
| 1970 | 6.16 | 9.4 |
| 1969 | 5.51 | 9.57 |
| 1968 | 5.1 | 8.09 |
| 1967 | 5.41 | 11.51 |
| 1966 | 6.73 | 11.32 |
| 1965 | 5.91 | 7.69 |
| 1964 | 3.87 | 5.97 |
| 1963 | 3.65 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 3.66 | – |
| 1961 | 4.1 | – |
| 1960 | 4.31 | – |
| 1959 | 4.34 | – |
| 1958 | 4.25 | – |
| 1957 | 4.17 | – |
| 1956 | 5.03 | – |
| 1955 | 5.57 | – |
| 1954 | 5.35 | – |
| 1953 | 6.32 | – |
- 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
Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023