Syria vs Türkiye
Syria vs Türkiye: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010 and 5.9% of government spending in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 7.2 percentage points, or 2.13 times that in Türkiye.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 5.9 |
| 2024 | – | 5.6 |
| 2023 | – | 5.2 |
| 2022 | – | 6.1 |
| 2021 | – | 5.9 |
| 2020 | – | 6.3 |
| 2019 | – | 7.6 |
| 2018 | – | 7.4 |
| 2017 | – | 6.3 |
| 2016 | – | 6.1 |
| 2015 | – | 5.6 |
| 2014 | – | 5.7 |
| 2013 | – | 5.7 |
| 2012 | – | 5.9 |
| 2011 | – | 6.2 |
| 2010 | 13.6 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 15.1 | 6.6 |
| 2008 | 15.5 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 15.9 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 16.5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 17.8 | 7.4 |
| 2004 | 17.7 | 7.7 |
| 2003 | 19.1 | 8.5 |
| 2002 | 17.4 | 9.2 |
| 2001 | 18.9 | 8.1 |
| 2000 | 19 | 9.2 |
| 1999 | 20.7 | – |
| 1998 | 20.2 | – |
| 1997 | 20.3 | – |
| 1996 | 21.8 | – |
| 1995 | 23.4 | – |
| 1994 | 24.3 | – |
| 1993 | 24.6 | – |
| 1992 | 26.3 | – |
| 1991 | 30.4 | – |
| 1990 | 24.3 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
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
- 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
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025