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Greece vs Iran: Military spending

Greece
9.38 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Iran
10.44 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Greece rank
34th
Iran rank
31st

Military spending over time

  • Greece
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 10.44 billion constant 2022 US$ against 9.38 billion constant 2022 US$ in Greece, a difference of 1.06 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1855 it was Iran ahead.

Greece ranks 34th and Iran ranks 31st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.