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Iran vs Kuwait: Military spending

Iran
10.44 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Kuwait
9.79 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Iran rank
31st
Kuwait rank
33rd

Military spending over time

  • Iran
  • Kuwait
010.0B20.0B30.0B185519392023

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10.44 billion constant 2022 US$ against 9.79 billion constant 2022 US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 650.06 million constant 2022 US$.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 31st and Kuwait ranks 33rd 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.