Military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 17.3% in 2022 in Iran, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 4.36% more than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditures as a share of government expenditure in Iran reached an all time high of 35.7% in 1976 and an all time low of 5.14% in 1993.
Iran has been ranked 9th within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditures as a share of government expenditure.
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