World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Iran

Most recent: 2.01 (2024)
Earliest: 2.295 (1960)
Highest: 12.07 (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	2.01
2023	2.352
2022	2.111
2021	2.224
2020	2.177
2019	2.147
2018	2.356
2017	2.844
2016	2.796
2015	2.557
2014	2.117
2013	2.181
2012	2.687
2011	2.382
2010	2.787
2009	3.048
2008	2.683
2007	2.654
2006	3.315
2005	3.037
2004	2.835
2003	2.405
2002	2.175
2001	2.418
2000	2.295
1999	2.405
1998	2.629
1997	2.499
1996	2.245
1995	2.154
1994	2.073
1993	1.7
1992	1.789
1991	2.17
1990	2.943
1989	4.558
1988	6.27
1987	5.889
1986	6.079
1985	6.512
1984	6.355
1983	7.097
1982	7.907
1981	8.19
1980	5.343
1979	5.797
1978	11.11
1977	10.19
1976	11.25
1975	12.07
1974	8.75
1973	1.865
1972	2.275
1971	3.047
1970	5.857
1969	5.969
1968	5.176
1967	4.458
1966	3.819
1965	3.25
1964	2.882
1963	2.59
1962	2.307
1961	2.347
1960	2.295

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