Iran vs Norway: Military spending

Iran

10.44 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Norway

10.47 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Iran rank

31st

Norway rank

30th

Military spending over time

Iran
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 10.47 billion constant 2022 US$ against 10.44 billion constant 2022 US$ in Iran, a difference of 30.20 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1905 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 31st and Norway ranks 30th of 172 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Iran
Military spending in Norway
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.