Austria vs Israel
Austria vs Israel: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.1% of GDP in Austria and 7.81% of GDP in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.71 percentage points, or 7.09 times that in Austria.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 104 and Israel ranked 3 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | 7.81 |
| 2024 | 0.99 | 8.47 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 5.28 |
| 2022 | 0.76 | 4.34 |
| 2021 | 0.87 | 4.81 |
| 2020 | 0.89 | 5.12 |
| 2019 | 0.75 | 4.96 |
| 2018 | 0.75 | 5.13 |
| 2017 | 0.76 | 5.27 |
| 2016 | 0.73 | 5.17 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 5.28 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 5.46 |
| 2013 | 0.76 | 5.28 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 5.31 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 5.43 |
| 2010 | 0.83 | 5.71 |
| 2009 | 0.84 | 5.92 |
| 2008 | 0.88 | 6.18 |
| 2007 | 0.91 | 6.09 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 5.81 |
| 2005 | 0.86 | 5.98 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 6.12 |
| 2003 | 0.92 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | 0.89 | 6.32 |
| 2001 | 0.91 | 6.21 |
| 2000 | 0.98 | 6.02 |
| 1999 | 0.98 | 6.22 |
| 1998 | 1.02 | 6.62 |
| 1997 | 1.05 | 7.08 |
| 1996 | 1.05 | 7.28 |
| 1995 | 1.07 | 7.43 |
| 1994 | 1.09 | 10.12 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 11.52 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 10.93 |
| 1991 | 1.15 | 15.59 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 12.36 |
| 1989 | 1.23 | 12.45 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 15.95 |
| 1987 | 1.42 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 1.51 | 14.77 |
| 1985 | 1.51 | 16.6 |
| 1984 | 1.41 | 16.18 |
| 1983 | 1.39 | 15.55 |
| 1982 | 1.41 | 18.39 |
| 1981 | 1.38 | 20.26 |
| 1980 | 1.42 | 18.92 |
| 1979 | 1.43 | 19.38 |
| 1978 | 1.43 | 22.89 |
| 1977 | 1.35 | 23.09 |
| 1976 | 1.37 | 29.25 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 30.46 |
| 1974 | 1.28 | 27.66 |
| 1973 | 1.19 | 27.86 |
| 1972 | 1.2 | 20.37 |
| 1971 | 1.25 | 22.8 |
| 1970 | 1.38 | 23.45 |
| 1969 | 1.5 | 19.09 |
| 1968 | 1.54 | 17.43 |
| 1967 | 1.61 | 15.44 |
| 1966 | 1.62 | 9.44 |
| 1965 | 1.51 | 8.57 |
| 1964 | 1.89 | 8.99 |
| 1963 | 1.58 | 9.75 |
| 1962 | 1.35 | 9.16 |
| 1961 | 1.31 | 7.87 |
| 1960 | 1.46 | 7.46 |
| 1959 | 1.7 | – |
| 1958 | 1.81 | – |
| 1957 | 1.63 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025