Pakistan vs Syria
Pakistan vs Syria: Military spending
Military spending: 2.91% of GDP in Pakistan in 2025 and 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.01 percentage points, or 1.33 times that in Pakistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.91 | – |
| 2024 | 2.73 | – |
| 2023 | 2.89 | – |
| 2022 | 3.18 | – |
| 2021 | 3.39 | – |
| 2020 | 3.49 | – |
| 2019 | 3.51 | – |
| 2018 | 3.59 | – |
| 2017 | 3.36 | – |
| 2016 | 3.2 | – |
| 2015 | 3.16 | – |
| 2014 | 3.1 | – |
| 2013 | 3.09 | – |
| 2012 | 3.1 | – |
| 2011 | 2.92 | – |
| 2010 | 3.04 | 4.06 |
| 2009 | 3.27 | 4.03 |
| 2008 | 3.46 | 3.55 |
| 2007 | 3.51 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 3.65 | 4.39 |
| 2005 | 3.9 | 5.03 |
| 2004 | 3.96 | 5.54 |
| 2003 | 4.09 | 6.25 |
| 2002 | 4.07 | 5.41 |
| 2001 | 3.88 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 4.17 | 5.45 |
| 1999 | 5.19 | 5.81 |
| 1998 | 5.42 | 5.81 |
| 1997 | 5.62 | 5.88 |
| 1996 | 6.04 | 6.04 |
| 1995 | 5.82 | 6.95 |
| 1994 | 5.92 | 7.36 |
| 1993 | 6.43 | 7.24 |
| 1992 | 6.7 | 8.99 |
| 1991 | 6.57 | 10.43 |
| 1990 | 6.52 | 6.87 |
| 1989 | 6.53 | 7.97 |
| 1988 | 6.79 | 7.85 |
| 1987 | 6.97 | 11.22 |
| 1986 | 6.99 | 14.45 |
| 1985 | 6.92 | 16.56 |
| 1984 | 6.66 | 17.69 |
| 1983 | 6.64 | 14.64 |
| 1982 | 6.38 | 15.56 |
| 1981 | 5.71 | 14.55 |
| 1980 | 5.52 | 17.25 |
| 1979 | 5.45 | 15.93 |
| 1978 | 5.5 | 14.71 |
| 1977 | 5.55 | 14.5 |
| 1976 | 5.89 | 14.73 |
| 1975 | 6.32 | 15.95 |
| 1974 | 6.09 | 12.66 |
| 1973 | 6.21 | 15.07 |
| 1972 | 6.87 | 10.77 |
| 1971 | 6.74 | 8.44 |
| 1970 | 6.16 | 11.22 |
| 1969 | 5.51 | 10.83 |
| 1968 | 5.1 | 12.16 |
| 1967 | 5.41 | 8.21 |
| 1966 | 6.73 | 7.75 |
| 1965 | 5.91 | 8.88 |
| 1964 | 3.87 | 8.64 |
| 1963 | 3.65 | – |
| 1962 | 3.66 | 13.47 |
| 1961 | 4.1 | 9.55 |
| 1960 | 4.31 | 10.52 |
| 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010