Iran
Military share of state spending in Iran
Military share of state spending in Iran: 14.5% of government spending in 1990 and 11.2% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 11.2% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −3.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 22 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 19.3% of government spending in 2012, the lowest 5.1% of government spending in 1993.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Iran |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 11.9 |
| 2023 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14.1 |
| 2020 | 14.5 |
| 2019 | 14.6 |
| 2018 | 14.6 |
| 2017 | 16.1 |
| 2016 | 15.4 |
| 2015 | 15.6 |
| 2014 | 14.8 |
| 2013 | 15.6 |
| 2012 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2009 | 15.7 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2007 | 15.3 |
| 2006 | 14.3 |
| 2005 | 13.6 |
| 2004 | 14.9 |
| 2003 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 14.6 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 1999 | 12.6 |
| 1998 | 12.9 |
| 1997 | 11.9 |
| 1996 | 10.7 |
| 1995 | 8.5 |
| 1994 | 7.6 |
| 1993 | 5.1 |
| 1992 | 9.9 |
| 1991 | 12.5 |
| 1990 | 14.5 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per person$80 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel650,000 people in 2020
- National power1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports80 million TIV in 2025