Germany vs Israel
Germany vs Israel: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 927 million TIV, or 1.55 times that in Germany.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Germany.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 billion | 2.62 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.11 billion | 1.16 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.55 billion | 1.27 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.51 billion | 1.03 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 852 million | 687 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.15 billion | 356 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 978 million | 385 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.1 billion | 1.14 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.83 billion | 1.22 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.51 billion | 1.26 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 1.82 billion | 573 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.83 billion | 408 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 721 million | 414 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 715 million | 482 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.2 billion | 590 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.36 billion | 695 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2.21 billion | 819 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 2.38 billion | 389 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3.29 billion | 613 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2.48 billion | 451 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 2.08 billion | 521 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 1.09 billion | 599 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.63 billion | 418 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 889 million | 532 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 851 million | 467 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1.67 billion | 407 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.94 billion | 177 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1.84 billion | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 951 million | 271 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.95 billion | 335 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.53 billion | 206 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.91 billion | 337 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1.55 billion | 416 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.52 billion | 354 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.41 billion | 157 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.82 billion | 73 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1.26 billion | 190 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.38 billion | 63 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 908 million | 130 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1.35 billion | 333 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1.33 billion | 202 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | 202 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 2.21 billion | 364 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.51 billion | 261 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.9 billion | 196 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.6 billion | 241 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.43 billion | 188 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 1.6 billion | 222 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 1.93 billion | 201 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1.66 billion | 80 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 1.42 billion | 109 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.19 billion | 43 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 222 million | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 1.36 billion | 35 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 1.36 billion | 27 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.58 billion | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 882 million | 48 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 588 million | 55 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 758 million | 45 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 711 million | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 327 million | 34 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 437 million | 5 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 133 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 146 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 12 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 156 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
Germany vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025