Australia vs Israel
Australia vs Israel: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 289 million TIV, or 1.54 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Israel ranked 20 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 826 million | 537 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.08 billion | 237 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 376 million | 863 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 809 million | 833 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.22 billion | 458 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.63 billion | 379 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.16 billion | 516 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.55 billion | 491 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.66 billion | 565 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.01 billion | 652 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.45 billion | 694 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 848 million | 549 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 220 million | 160 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 787 million | 137 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.58 billion | 86 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1.56 billion | 76 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 805 million | 162 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 430 million | 680 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 618 million | 840 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 721 million | 1.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 458 million | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 447 million | 846 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 765 million | 189 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 638 million | 350 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.22 billion | 116 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 326 million | 389 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 678 million | 1.28 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 542 million | 1.3 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 35 million | 67 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 597 million | 105 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 64 million | 372 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 262 million | 767 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 448 million | 716 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 364 million | 1.34 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 219 million | 1.21 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 356 million | 81 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 695 million | 24 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 745 million | 582 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 594 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 815 million | 1.18 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 510 million | 295 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 635 million | 270 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 637 million | 475 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 134 million | 866 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 449 million | 1.66 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 409 million | 1.25 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 197 million | 709 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.03 billion | 1.22 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 278 million | 1.23 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 91 million | 2 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 108 million | 1.18 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 898 million | 1.03 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 713 million | 2.18 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 63 million | 963 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 310 million | 1.41 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 230 million | 1.19 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 702 million | 1.37 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 557 million | 926 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 770 million | 229 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 707 million | 460 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 920 million | 447 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 539 million | 415 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 369 million | 368 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 460 million | 279 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 155 million | 88 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 116 million | 164 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025