Israel vs Lebanon: Arms imports

Arms imports: 537 million TIV in Israel in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Lebanon in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Israel, by 228 million TIV, or 26 times that in Lebanon.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	Lebanon	World
2025	537 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	9 million	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	14 million	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	458 million	43 million	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	45 million	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	56 million	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	53 million	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	48 million	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	28 million	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	48 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	6 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	27 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	31 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	1 million	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	64 million	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	52 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	1 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	5 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	–	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	1 million	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	4 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	4 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	9 million	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	42 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	18 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	40 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	–	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	71 million	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	206 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	93 million	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	36 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	9 million	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	37 million	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	2 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	8 million	37 billion
1976	2 billion	4 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	11 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	41 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	55 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	52 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	–	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	–	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	1 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	80 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	72 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	34 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	18 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	13 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	5 million	15 billion
1960	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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