Israel vs Jordan
Israel vs Jordan: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 4.56% of GDP in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 3.25 percentage points, or 1.71 times that in Jordan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Jordan.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 3 and Jordan ranked 10 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.81 | 4.56 |
| 2024 | 8.47 | 4.75 |
| 2023 | 5.28 | 4.82 |
| 2022 | 4.34 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 4.81 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 5.12 | 4.71 |
| 2019 | 4.96 | 4.57 |
| 2018 | 5.13 | 4.56 |
| 2017 | 5.27 | 4.68 |
| 2016 | 5.17 | 4.44 |
| 2015 | 5.28 | 4.19 |
| 2014 | 5.46 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 5.28 | 4.19 |
| 2012 | 5.31 | 4.66 |
| 2011 | 5.43 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 5.71 | 5.74 |
| 2009 | 5.92 | 6.39 |
| 2008 | 6.18 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6.09 | 5.85 |
| 2006 | 5.81 | 4.66 |
| 2005 | 5.98 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 6.12 | 5.14 |
| 2003 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6.32 | 5.45 |
| 2001 | 6.21 | 5.89 |
| 2000 | 6.02 | 6.26 |
| 1999 | 6.22 | 6.28 |
| 1998 | 6.62 | 6.28 |
| 1997 | 7.08 | 6.13 |
| 1996 | 7.28 | 6.03 |
| 1995 | 7.43 | 4.45 |
| 1994 | 10.12 | 6.54 |
| 1993 | 11.52 | 6.98 |
| 1992 | 10.93 | 6.92 |
| 1991 | 15.59 | 9.97 |
| 1990 | 12.36 | 7.75 |
| 1989 | 12.45 | 9.07 |
| 1988 | 15.95 | 9.36 |
| 1987 | 16.9 | 9.58 |
| 1986 | 14.77 | 9.78 |
| 1985 | 16.6 | 10.05 |
| 1984 | 16.18 | 9.22 |
| 1983 | 15.55 | 9.85 |
| 1982 | 18.39 | 9.94 |
| 1981 | 20.26 | 10.01 |
| 1980 | 18.92 | 10.65 |
| 1979 | 19.38 | 12.21 |
| 1978 | 22.89 | 11.72 |
| 1977 | 23.09 | 12.53 |
| 1976 | 29.25 | 17.24 |
| 1975 | 30.46 | 15.25 |
| 1974 | 27.66 | 17.51 |
| 1973 | 27.86 | 18.67 |
| 1972 | 20.37 | 18.36 |
| 1971 | 22.8 | 17.15 |
| 1970 | 23.45 | 18.51 |
| 1969 | 19.09 | 20.18 |
| 1968 | 17.43 | 24.06 |
| 1967 | 15.44 | 23.49 |
| 1966 | 9.44 | 19.49 |
| 1965 | 8.57 | 13.41 |
| 1964 | 8.99 | 14.84 |
| 1963 | 9.75 | 17.12 |
| 1962 | 9.16 | 18.15 |
| 1961 | 7.87 | 16.51 |
| 1960 | 7.46 | 20.4 |
| 1959 | – | 22.54 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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 importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024