Israel vs Lebanon
Israel vs Lebanon: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 17.8% of government spending in Israel and 16.6% of government spending in Lebanon, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Lebanon.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Lebanon.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 10 and Lebanon ranked 12 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.8 | 16.6 |
| 2024 | 19.3 | 13.7 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 8.1 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10.8 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 12.9 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | 13.1 | 15.6 |
| 2017 | 13.7 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | 13.6 | 18 |
| 2015 | 14 | 16.8 |
| 2014 | 14.3 | 16.4 |
| 2013 | 13.3 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| 2010 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
| 2009 | 14.3 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 15 | 11.7 |
| 2007 | 15.1 | 13.2 |
| 2006 | 14 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 14.3 |
| 2004 | 14.2 | 13.6 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 13 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 13.1 |
| 2001 | 13.5 | 14.2 |
| 2000 | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| 1999 | – | 13.6 |
| 1998 | – | 11.7 |
| 1997 | – | 10.8 |
| 1996 | – | 13.2 |
| 1995 | – | 21.9 |
| 1994 | – | 15 |
| 1993 | – | 26.5 |
| 1992 | – | 22.4 |
| 1991 | – | 14.7 |
| 1990 | – | 19.1 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 Lebanon
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Lebanon: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Lebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Lebanon: 47.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Lebanon: 3.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Lebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Lebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Lebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Lebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Lebanon: 91% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Lebanon: 28.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Lebanon: 9.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Lebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Lebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Lebanon: $736M in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Lebanon: $142 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Lebanon: 80,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Lebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Lebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Lebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Lebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002