Australia vs Israel
Australia vs Israel: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.52 billion TIV, or 24 times that in Australia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Australia.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 2.62 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 73 million | 1.16 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 81 million | 1.27 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 1.03 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 175 million | 687 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 406 million | 356 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 129 million | 385 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | 1.14 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 101 million | 1.22 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 136 million | 1.26 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 79 million | 573 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 94 million | 408 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 414 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 45 million | 482 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 143 million | 590 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 137 million | 695 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 86 million | 819 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 57 million | 389 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 53 million | 613 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 26 million | 451 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 49 million | 521 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | 599 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 44 million | 418 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 47 million | 532 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 43 million | 467 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 407 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 177 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 14 million | 271 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 10 million | 335 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 36 million | 206 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 24 million | 337 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 30 million | 416 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 354 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 84 million | 157 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 156 million | 73 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 18 million | 190 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | 63 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 89 million | 130 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 57 million | 333 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 10 million | 202 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 62 million | 202 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 31 million | 364 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 26 million | 261 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 17 million | 196 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | 241 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | 188 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 21 million | 222 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 201 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | 80 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 131 million | 109 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 92 million | 43 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 72 million | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 6 million | 35 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 36 million | 27 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 17 million | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 26 million | 48 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 55 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 45 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 34 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 5 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 4 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025