China vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 330 million TIV, or 2.59 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 2022, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 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	China	Israel	World
2025	207 million	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	833 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	549 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	162 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	4 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	1 million	2 billion	33 billion
1975	1 million	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	164 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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