Germany vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.1 billion TIV, or 3.04 times that in Israel.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Israel.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	Israel	World
2025	1.63 billion	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	833 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	549 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	162 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	150 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	2 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	88 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 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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