Syria

Military spending in Syria

Military spending in Syria: 10.52% of GDP in 1960 and 4.06% of GDP in 2010, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2010
4.06% of GDP
Since 1960
−6.46 percentage points
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in SyriaMilitary spending in Syria: 10.52% of GDP in 1960 and 4.06% of GDP in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 17.69% of GDP in 1984, the lowest 3.55% of GDP in 2008.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 17.69% of GDP in 1984, the lowest 3.55% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearSyria
20104.06
20094.03
20083.55
20074.1
20064.39
20055.03
20045.54
20036.25
20025.41
20015.48
20005.45
19995.81
19985.81
19975.88
19966.04
19956.95
19947.36
19937.24
19928.99
199110.43
19906.87
19897.97
19887.85
198711.22
198614.45
198516.56
198417.69
198314.64
198215.56
198114.55
198017.25
197915.93
197814.71
197714.5
197614.73
197515.95
197412.66
197315.07
197210.77
19718.44
197011.22
196910.83
196812.16
19678.21
19667.75
19658.88
19648.64
196213.47
19619.55
196010.52
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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.

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