Syria vs Türkiye
Syria vs Türkiye: Military spending
Military spending: 4.06% of GDP in Syria in 2010 and 1.91% of GDP in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.8 percentage points, or 1.8 times that in Türkiye.
% 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 | Syria | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.91 |
| 2024 | – | 1.84 |
| 2023 | – | 1.69 |
| 2022 | – | 1.63 |
| 2021 | – | 1.81 |
| 2020 | – | 2.16 |
| 2019 | – | 2.64 |
| 2018 | – | 2.49 |
| 2017 | – | 2.04 |
| 2016 | – | 2.05 |
| 2015 | – | 1.81 |
| 2014 | – | 1.87 |
| 2013 | – | 1.92 |
| 2012 | – | 2 |
| 2011 | – | 2.02 |
| 2010 | 4.06 | 2.26 |
| 2009 | 4.03 | 2.45 |
| 2008 | 3.55 | 2.17 |
| 2007 | 4.1 | 2.19 |
| 2006 | 4.39 | 2.33 |
| 2005 | 5.03 | 2.38 |
| 2004 | 5.54 | 2.66 |
| 2003 | 6.25 | 3.26 |
| 2002 | 5.41 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 5.48 | 3.57 |
| 2000 | 5.45 | 3.64 |
| 1999 | 5.81 | 3.88 |
| 1998 | 5.81 | 3.18 |
| 1997 | 5.88 | 2.95 |
| 1996 | 6.04 | 3 |
| 1995 | 6.95 | 2.82 |
| 1994 | 7.36 | 4.05 |
| 1993 | 7.24 | 3.92 |
| 1992 | 8.99 | 3.87 |
| 1991 | 10.43 | 3.75 |
| 1990 | 6.87 | 3.53 |
| 1989 | 7.97 | 3.15 |
| 1988 | 7.85 | 2.93 |
| 1987 | 11.22 | 3.33 |
| 1986 | 14.45 | 3.64 |
| 1985 | 16.56 | 3.53 |
| 1984 | 17.69 | 3.6 |
| 1983 | 14.64 | 3.94 |
| 1982 | 15.56 | 4.3 |
| 1981 | 14.55 | 3.83 |
| 1980 | 17.25 | 3.9 |
| 1979 | 15.93 | 3.36 |
| 1978 | 14.71 | 4.19 |
| 1977 | 14.5 | 4.71 |
| 1976 | 14.73 | 4.94 |
| 1975 | 15.95 | 5.12 |
| 1974 | 12.66 | 3.19 |
| 1973 | 15.07 | 3.35 |
| 1972 | 10.77 | 3.45 |
| 1971 | 8.44 | 3.5 |
| 1970 | 11.22 | 3.26 |
| 1969 | 10.83 | 3.08 |
| 1968 | 12.16 | 3.28 |
| 1967 | 8.21 | 3.26 |
| 1966 | 7.75 | 3.14 |
| 1965 | 8.88 | 3.55 |
| 1964 | 8.64 | 3.42 |
| 1963 | – | 3.39 |
| 1962 | 13.47 | 3.71 |
| 1961 | 9.55 | 3.77 |
| 1960 | 10.52 | 3.53 |
- 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
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 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
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025