Syria vs Türkiye
Syria vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports: 30 million TIV in Syria in 2010 and 539 million TIV in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 49 million TIV, or 2.63 times that in Syria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2006.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 30 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 33 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 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 | 32 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 46 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 178 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 17 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 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
Syria vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025