Israel vs Italy
Israel vs Italy: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 29 million TIV, or 1.05 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 and Italy ranked 18 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 | Israel | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 566 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 494 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 425 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 237 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 211 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 201 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 178 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 275 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 709 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 734 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 237 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 127 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 189 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 286 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 94 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 159 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 467 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 384 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 136 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 490 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 617 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 240 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 234 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 278 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 56 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 474 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 265 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 322 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 180 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 205 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 192 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 210 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 155 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 196 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 183 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 198 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 205 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 273 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 303 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 241 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 129 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 468 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 591 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 682 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 517 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 711 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 1.02 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 1.12 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 1.02 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 1.77 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 1.1 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 611 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 196 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 107 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 412 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 736 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 1.14 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 1.22 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 886 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 427 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 409 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025