Greece vs Iran: Military spending

Greece

7.81 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Iran

7.45 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Greece rank

38th

Iran rank

40th

Military spending over time

Greece
Iran

How they compare

Greece currently reports 7.81 billion constant 2024 US$ against 7.45 billion constant 2024 US$ in Iran, a difference of 355.79 million constant 2024 US$.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 38th and Iran ranks 40th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Greece
Military spending in Iran
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
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.