Belgium vs Israel

Belgium vs Israel: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 7.81% of GDP in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 5.8 percentage points, or 3.89 times that in Belgium.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Belgium vs Israel: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 7.81% of GDP in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 5.8 percentage points, or 3.89 times that in Belgium.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 61 and Israel ranked 3 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBelgiumIsrael
20252.017.81
20241.288.47
20231.175.28
20221.174.34
20211.044.81
20201.015.12
20190.894.96
20180.895.13
20170.895.27
20160.95.17
20150.915.28
20140.975.46
20131.015.28
20121.045.31
20111.055.43
20101.095.71
20091.165.92
20081.226.18
20071.16.09
20061.065.81
20051.15.98
20041.166.12
20031.226.2
20021.226.32
20011.286.21
20001.356.02
19991.396.22
19981.426.62
19971.467.08
19961.527.28
19951.557.43
19941.6810.12
19931.7411.52
19921.8310.93
19912.2915.59
19902.3612.36
19892.4612.45
19882.6315.95
19872.916.9
19862.9514.77
19852.9316.6
19843.0116.18
19833.1915.55
19823.2718.39
19813.3720.26
19803.2518.92
19793.2619.38
19783.2622.89
19773.1423.09
19763.0929.25
19753.0730.46
19742.7627.66
19732.8427.86
19722.8820.37
19712.922.8
19702.9223.45
19692.9319.09
19683.1217.43
19673.1415.44
19663.119.44
19652.978.57
19643.218.99
19633.229.75
19623.299.16
19613.267.87
19603.47.46
19593.52–
19583.57–
19573.61–
19563.56–
19553.78–
19544.88–
19534.86–
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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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