Israel vs Italy
Israel vs Italy: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 700 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in Italy.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 1.92 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 1.21 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 1.37 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 1.71 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 1.63 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 821 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 372 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 535 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 703 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 616 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 671 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 688 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 884 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 789 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 964 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 577 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 512 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | 433 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 700 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 538 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 832 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 261 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | 359 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 474 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | 267 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 205 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 516 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 423 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 447 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 287 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 301 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 208 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 342 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 249 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 354 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 200 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 316 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 389 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 626 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 223 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 868 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 1.23 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 1.11 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | 1.67 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 1.7 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | 1.16 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 1.31 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 665 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | 505 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | 523 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 520 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 409 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 328 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | 284 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 383 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | 280 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | 325 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | 197 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | 144 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | 243 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | 296 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 385 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 241 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 262 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 246 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 105 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
Israel vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025