Syria vs Türkiye
Syria vs Türkiye: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $110 in Syria in 2011 and $342 in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Türkiye, by $121, or 2.1 times that in Syria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $342 |
| 2024 | – | $286 |
| 2023 | – | $221 |
| 2022 | – | $173 |
| 2021 | – | $176 |
| 2020 | – | $184 |
| 2019 | – | $241 |
| 2018 | – | $234 |
| 2017 | – | $214 |
| 2016 | – | $220 |
| 2015 | – | $198 |
| 2014 | – | $228 |
| 2013 | – | $243 |
| 2012 | – | $237 |
| 2011 | $110 | $231 |
| 2010 | $106 | $242 |
| 2009 | $100 | $223 |
| 2008 | $80 | $236 |
| 2007 | $79 | $213 |
| 2006 | $75 | $187 |
| 2005 | $78 | $175 |
| 2004 | $77 | $160 |
| 2003 | $81 | $152 |
| 2002 | $64 | $136 |
| 2001 | $61 | $110 |
| 2000 | $55 | $154 |
| 1999 | $70 | $155 |
| 1998 | $70 | $139 |
| 1997 | $69 | $125 |
| 1996 | $67 | $122 |
| 1995 | $66 | $109 |
| 1994 | $117 | $89 |
| 1993 | $105 | $121 |
| 1992 | $226 | $107 |
| 1991 | $226 | $100 |
| 1990 | $133 | $96 |
| 1989 | $124 | $62 |
| 1988 | $321 | $50 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP 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