China vs Israel

China vs Israel: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.74 billion TIV, or 2.98 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs Israel: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.74 billion TIV, or 2.98 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2025, when it overtook China.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaIsraelWorld
2025880 million2.62 billion33.5 billion
20241.29 billion1.16 billion30.7 billion
20232.75 billion1.27 billion29.5 billion
20222.32 billion1.03 billion33.3 billion
20211.34 billion687 million27.1 billion
2020645 million356 million24.1 billion
20191.6 billion385 million27 billion
20181.39 billion1.14 billion27.4 billion
20171.64 billion1.22 billion31.3 billion
20162.48 billion1.26 billion31.5 billion
20151.84 billion573 million28.7 billion
20141.35 billion408 million27.1 billion
20132.1 billion414 million27.4 billion
20121.5 billion482 million27.9 billion
20111.31 billion590 million29.9 billion
20101.53 billion695 million25.8 billion
20091.14 billion819 million24.4 billion
2008598 million389 million24.1 billion
2007520 million613 million26.5 billion
2006769 million451 million24.5 billion
2005341 million521 million21.4 billion
2004408 million599 million21.3 billion
2003701 million418 million19.2 billion
2002524 million532 million17.7 billion
2001510 million467 million18.5 billion
2000309 million407 million20.5 billion
1999334 million177 million25.4 billion
1998349 million227 million27.9 billion
1997427 million271 million28.9 billion
1996764 million335 million23.7 billion
1995981 million206 million22.9 billion
19941.06 billion337 million23 billion
19931.44 billion416 million25.8 billion
1992672 million354 million24.3 billion
19911.32 billion157 million28.2 billion
1990955 million73 million30.2 billion
19891.06 billion190 million34.9 billion
19881.43 billion63 million36.8 billion
19872.6 billion130 million39.4 billion
19861.86 billion333 million39 billion
19851.29 billion202 million38.2 billion
19841.94 billion202 million41.6 billion
19831.76 billion364 million43.9 billion
19821.56 billion261 million46.2 billion
1981707 million196 million45.8 billion
1980943 million241 million42.2 billion
1979553 million188 million38.4 billion
1978611 million222 million42.4 billion
1977224 million201 million40 billion
1976580 million80 million36 billion
1975661 million109 million37.2 billion
1974508 million43 million36.6 billion
1973658 million18 million36.3 billion
19721.25 billion35 million34.5 billion
19711.31 billion27 million32.9 billion
1970905 million21 million25.3 billion
1969669 million48 million28.1 billion
1968746 million55 million26.1 billion
1967426 million45 million25.6 billion
1966628 million46 million25.8 billion
1965387 million34 million25.8 billion
196475 million5 million26.7 billion
196312 million–20.3 billion
196247 million–17.5 billion
196135 million–16.4 billion
1960285 million–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.

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