Afghanistan vs Israel

Afghanistan vs Israel: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 5% of government spending in Afghanistan in 2020 and 17.8% of government spending in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.4 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs Israel: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 5% of government spending in Afghanistan in 2020 and 17.8% of government spending in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.4 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Afghanistan.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Afghanistan.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanIsrael
2025–17.8
2024–19.3
2023–13.4
2022–11.7
2021–12
2020511.4
20194.312.8
20183.713.1
20173.713.7
20163.713.6
20153.814
20145.114.3
20134.313.3
20124.713.4
20118.313.8
20109.414.4
20099.914.3
200811.215
20071215.1
200610.414
200512.714.1
200416.114.2
2003–13.6
2002–12.7
2001–13.5
2000–13.9
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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