Syria vs United Arab Emirates
Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010 and 17% of government spending in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Syria.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Syria | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | 17 |
| 2013 | – | 19.9 |
| 2012 | – | 17.4 |
| 2011 | – | 17.6 |
| 2010 | 13.6 | 18.7 |
| 2009 | 15.1 | 15.6 |
| 2008 | 15.5 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 15.9 | 18.6 |
| 2006 | 16.5 | 20.6 |
| 2005 | 17.8 | 23.2 |
| 2004 | 17.7 | 26 |
| 2003 | 19.1 | 23.4 |
| 2002 | 17.4 | 22.9 |
| 2001 | 18.9 | 22.3 |
| 2000 | 19 | 26.2 |
| 1999 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| 1998 | 20.2 | 20.6 |
| 1997 | 20.3 | 19.2 |
| 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personSyria: $717 in 2022United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthSyria: 3.4% a year in 2010United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationSyria: 4.4% a year in 2010United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtSyria: 31.2% of GDP in 2009United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025