Saudi Arabia vs Syria
Saudi Arabia vs Syria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 30 million TIV in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 29 million TIV, or 30 times that in Saudi Arabia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 58 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 33 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 18 million | 3 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | 0 | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 12 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 15 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 31 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | 32 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 6 million | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 46 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 178 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 33 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 5 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 13 million | 0 | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 17 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 4 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Saudi Arabia vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025