France vs Israel
France vs Israel: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 3.37 billion TIV in France and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 744 million TIV, or 1.28 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | France | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 billion | 2.62 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.47 billion | 1.16 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.18 billion | 1.27 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3.16 billion | 1.03 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3.9 billion | 687 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 2.29 billion | 356 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3.75 billion | 385 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.87 billion | 1.14 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 2.34 billion | 1.22 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.19 billion | 1.26 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2.23 billion | 573 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.76 billion | 408 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 1.87 billion | 414 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.34 billion | 482 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion | 590 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 888 million | 695 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.85 billion | 819 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1.87 billion | 389 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.15 billion | 613 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.48 billion | 451 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1.65 billion | 521 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2.12 billion | 599 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.35 billion | 418 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.38 billion | 532 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.31 billion | 467 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 966 million | 407 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.68 billion | 177 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3.1 billion | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.18 billion | 271 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.84 billion | 335 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 969 million | 206 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 858 million | 337 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 971 million | 416 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.25 billion | 354 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.17 billion | 157 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.8 billion | 73 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2.27 billion | 190 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.96 billion | 63 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1.75 billion | 130 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 2.96 billion | 333 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 3.99 billion | 202 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | 202 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 3.41 billion | 364 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 3.79 billion | 261 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 3.68 billion | 196 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 3.85 billion | 241 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 2.97 billion | 188 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 3.32 billion | 222 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 2.74 billion | 201 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 2.04 billion | 80 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2.32 billion | 109 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.18 billion | 43 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 2.97 billion | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2.69 billion | 35 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2.36 billion | 27 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.74 billion | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 1.52 billion | 48 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1.5 billion | 55 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1.6 billion | 45 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 1.9 billion | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1.33 billion | 34 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | 5 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 1.33 billion | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 912 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 856 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 866 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025