Israel vs Jordan
Israel vs Jordan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 537 million TIV in Israel in 2025 and 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Israel, by 203 million TIV, or 6.97 times that in Jordan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Jordan.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 34 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 22 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 50 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 148 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 170 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 363 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 243 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 228 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 194 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 72 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 185 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 211 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 87 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 230 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 157 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 180 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 50 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 79 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 168 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 281 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 132 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 160 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 139 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 63 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 248 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 77 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 75 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 19 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 24 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 16 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 74 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 243 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 133 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 206 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 292 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 629 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 634 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 1.06 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 401 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 359 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 256 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 576 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 457 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 383 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 372 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 132 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 56 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 87 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 147 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 173 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 48 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 126 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 95 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 56 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 33 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 39 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 66 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 26 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 53 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 Jordan
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Jordan: 85.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Jordan: $2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024