Afghanistan vs Israel

Afghanistan vs Israel: Military spending

Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 7.81% of GDP in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.98 percentage points, or 2.63 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs Israel: Military spendingMilitary spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 7.81% of GDP in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.98 percentage points, or 2.63 times that in Afghanistan.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanIsrael
2025–7.81
2024–8.47
2023–5.28
2022–4.34
20211.834.81
20201.365.12
20191.174.96
20181.015.13
20170.955.27
20160.965.17
20150.995.28
20141.35.46
20131.085.28
20121.185.31
20111.825.43
20101.955.71
20092.095.92
20082.346.18
20072.576.09
20061.95.81
20051.995.98
20042.436.12
2003–6.2
2002–6.32
2001–6.21
2000–6.02
1999–6.22
1998–6.62
1997–7.08
1996–7.28
1995–7.43
1994–10.12
1993–11.52
1992–10.93
1991–15.59
1990–12.36
1989–12.45
1988–15.95
1987–16.9
1986–14.77
1985–16.6
1984–16.18
1983–15.55
1982–18.39
1981–20.26
1980–18.92
1979–19.38
1978–22.89
19772.0123.09
19762.0529.25
19751.7230.46
19741.6127.66
19731.8727.86
1972–20.37
1971–22.8
19701.6323.45
1969–19.09
1968–17.43
1967–15.44
1966–9.44
1965–8.57
1964–8.99
1963–9.75
1962–9.16
1961–7.87
1960–7.46
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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