Jordan
Military spending in Jordan
Military spending in Jordan: 22.54% of GDP in 1959 and 4.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.56% of GDP
- Since 1959
- −17.98 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 10 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 24.06% of GDP in 1968, the lowest 4.19% of GDP in 2015.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.56 |
| 2024 | 4.75 |
| 2023 | 4.82 |
| 2022 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 4.71 |
| 2019 | 4.57 |
| 2018 | 4.56 |
| 2017 | 4.68 |
| 2016 | 4.44 |
| 2015 | 4.19 |
| 2014 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 4.19 |
| 2012 | 4.66 |
| 2011 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 5.74 |
| 2009 | 6.39 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5.85 |
| 2006 | 4.66 |
| 2005 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 5.14 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5.45 |
| 2001 | 5.89 |
| 2000 | 6.26 |
| 1999 | 6.28 |
| 1998 | 6.28 |
| 1997 | 6.13 |
| 1996 | 6.03 |
| 1995 | 4.45 |
| 1994 | 6.54 |
| 1993 | 6.98 |
| 1992 | 6.92 |
| 1991 | 9.97 |
| 1990 | 7.75 |
| 1989 | 9.07 |
| 1988 | 9.36 |
| 1987 | 9.58 |
| 1986 | 9.78 |
| 1985 | 10.05 |
| 1984 | 9.22 |
| 1983 | 9.85 |
| 1982 | 9.94 |
| 1981 | 10.01 |
| 1980 | 10.65 |
| 1979 | 12.21 |
| 1978 | 11.72 |
| 1977 | 12.53 |
| 1976 | 17.24 |
| 1975 | 15.25 |
| 1974 | 17.51 |
| 1973 | 18.67 |
| 1972 | 18.36 |
| 1971 | 17.15 |
| 1970 | 18.51 |
| 1969 | 20.18 |
| 1968 | 24.06 |
| 1967 | 23.49 |
| 1966 | 19.49 |
| 1965 | 13.41 |
| 1964 | 14.84 |
| 1963 | 17.12 |
| 1962 | 18.15 |
| 1961 | 16.51 |
| 1960 | 20.4 |
| 1959 | 22.54 |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending in US dollars$2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$221 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel116,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports226 million TIV in 2024