Syria
Military spending per person in Syria
Military spending per person in Syria: $321 in 1988 and $110 in 2011, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2011
- $110
- Since 1988
- −$212
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $321 in 1988, the lowest $55 in 2000.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Syria |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $110 |
| 2010 | $106 |
| 2009 | $100 |
| 2008 | $80 |
| 2007 | $79 |
| 2006 | $75 |
| 2005 | $78 |
| 2004 | $77 |
| 2003 | $81 |
| 2002 | $64 |
| 2001 | $61 |
| 2000 | $55 |
| 1999 | $70 |
| 1998 | $70 |
| 1997 | $69 |
| 1996 | $67 |
| 1995 | $66 |
| 1994 | $117 |
| 1993 | $105 |
| 1992 | $226 |
| 1991 | $226 |
| 1990 | $133 |
| 1989 | $124 |
| 1988 | $321 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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- Military spending4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military share of state spending13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnel269,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports30 million TIV in 2010
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