Jordan vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending as a share of GDP
Jordan
4.8%
in 2019
Saudi Arabia
6.7%
in 2019
Jordan rank
8th
Saudi Arabia rank
5th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Jordan
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 6.7% against 4.8% in Jordan, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.4 times Jordan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 5th of 172 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4.9% | 2.5% | 2.4% | Jordan |
| 1950s | 11.6% | 4.5% | 7.1% | Jordan |
| 1960s | 10.2% | 3.1% | 7.2% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 10.6% | 6.9% | 3.8% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 8.6% | 13.9% | 5.3% | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 8.2% | 3.5% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 5.6% | 0.9% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 6.1% | 2.2% | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Jordan or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 6.7% against 4.8% in Jordan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Jordan and Saudi Arabia?
- 1.9%, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Saudi Arabia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2019.
- How do Jordan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Jordan ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 5th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).