World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Iran

Most recent: 2.01043 (2024)
Earliest: 2.29491 (1960)
Highest: 12.0692 (1975)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Iran at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	2.01043
2023	2.35179
2022	2.11062
2021	2.22394
2020	2.17701
2019	2.14695
2018	2.35629
2017	2.84434
2016	2.79644
2015	2.55709
2014	2.11656
2013	2.18077
2012	2.68661
2011	2.38163
2010	2.78655
2009	3.04771
2008	2.68334
2007	2.65398
2006	3.31519
2005	3.03665
2004	2.83456
2003	2.40504
2002	2.17458
2001	2.41818
2000	2.29504
1999	2.40455
1998	2.62908
1997	2.49887
1996	2.24486
1995	2.15417
1994	2.07301
1993	1.70036
1992	1.78931
1991	2.16971
1990	2.94265
1989	4.55798
1988	6.26978
1987	5.88911
1986	6.07934
1985	6.51242
1984	6.35485
1983	7.09708
1982	7.90689
1981	8.19038
1980	5.34315
1979	5.79725
1978	11.1132
1977	10.1898
1976	11.248
1975	12.0692
1974	8.75035
1973	1.86471
1972	2.27537
1971	3.04701
1970	5.8569
1969	5.96905
1968	5.17636
1967	4.45799
1966	3.819
1965	3.24952
1964	2.88183
1963	2.59036
1962	2.30741
1961	2.34664
1960	2.29491

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