Jordan

Military share of state spending in Jordan

Military share of state spending in Jordan: 21% of government spending in 1988 and 13.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
13.5% of government spending
Since 1988
−7.5 percentage points
Rank, 2025
18 of 150
counting from the highest
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in JordanMilitary share of state spending in Jordan: 21% of government spending in 1988 and 13.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 22.1% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 11.8% of government spending in 2014.
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What the numbers say

  • The highest was 22.1% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 11.8% of government spending in 2014.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearJordan
202513.5
202414.4
202314.7
202214.4
202113.8
202014.8
201915.2
201815
201716.2
201615.6
201512.8
201411.8
201312.5
201212.6
201115.2
201017.9
200918.5
200817.7
200716.1
200612.8
200512.3
200413.6
200316.1
200215.9
200117.8
200018.3
199918.6
199817.5
199717.7
199616.3
199512.3
199418.7
199318.9
199219.2
199122.1
199017.5
198921.2
198821
  • Estimate

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.

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