Afghanistan vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 537 million TIV in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Israel, by 393 million TIV, or 7.05 times that in Afghanistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Israel has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Afghanistan.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Israel	World
2025	–	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	833 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	549 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	162 million	24 billion
2008	148 million	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	632 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	230 million	2 billion	33 billion
1975	137 million	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	–	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	164 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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