Military and Defense
See also: Military of Iran| Name | Rank | Out of | Source | Notes | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) | 15 | World | Correlates of War | CINC is a statistical measure of national Hard power as opposed to Soft power representing demographic, economic and military strength of a nation; Index of Iran=0.013450, Index of World's total capability=1. | 2007 |
| Military expenditures | 24 | 154 | SIPRI | Total annual military budget of 9.17 billion dollars. In 2010 the Iranian government put the total security and defence budget including that of army, IRGC, police, military R&D, intelligence agencies, etc. at $17.14 billion. | 2009 |
| List of countries by military expenditure per capita | 62 | World | CIA World Factbook | Iranian military per capita expenditure of US $64.77 | 2008 |
| Military expenditure as % of GDP | 37 | 154 | SIPRI | Iran spends 2.7% of its GDP on its military defense; More info: Comparison of world's expenditure on military, health and education | 2008 |
| Fire Power Rankings of Countries | 12 | World | Global Fire Power | Ranking based on conventional military firepower | 2010 |
| Total number of troops | 7 | World | CSIS | Total troops numbering 3,833,000; More info: Rank insignia of the Iranian military | 2009 |
| Male manpower fit for military service | 15 | 234 | CIA World Factbook | 17.67 million males fit for military service | 2009 |
| Male manpower reaching military service age annually | 15 | 234 | CIA World Factbook | 700,213 males reach military service age annually | 2009 |
| List of countries by size of police forces | 30 | 60 | CSIS | Police force size of 40,000 personnel | 2006 |
| Private gun & firearms ownership | 79 | 178 | Small Arms Survey | 7.3 guns owned privately per 100 civilian residents; There were 3.5 million small arms owned by Iranian residents | 2007 |
| Arms exports/Year | 37 | 40 | SIPRI | Iran's arms exports in 2005: US $1 million; Iran is prohibited from exporting its locally manufactured military equipment by United Nations Security Council; Iran is currently facing the longest sanction in modern history; More info: Sanctions against Iran & Iran and Libya Sanctions Act & CASMII; Iran's weapons exports were US $2 million in 2008 | 2005 |
| Arms imports/Year | 17 | 169 | World Bank | Iran's arms imports in 2005: US $403 million; More info: Iran's weapons's imports in 2008 were US $91 million, Iran is banned from importing weapons by United Nations Security Council sanctions of 2010; Iranian arms imports comparison by CSIS | 2005 |
| Arms imports per capita/Year | 60 | 169 | World Bank | Approximately 6 dollars per Person per Year | 2005 |
| Deadliest wars and armed conflicts | 18 | World | List of wars and disasters by death toll | The defensive war which Iran fought when Iraq tried to invade Iran is the 18th most bloody war in history of mankind; Iran has not been engaged in an offensive war since the Battle of Karnal in 1739. | 2010 |
| List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers | 107 | World | United Nations | Iran had two military personnel working as UN peacekeepers at conflict zones around the world | 2010 |
| Gun Rights Index | 175 | World | Freedom Meta-Index | Index measures easy & legal access to privately owned firearms | 2011 |
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