Israel vs Lebanon
Israel vs Lebanon: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 2.51% of GDP in Lebanon, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 5.3 percentage points, or 3.11 times that in Lebanon.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 3 and Lebanon ranked 36 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.81 | 2.51 |
| 2024 | 8.47 | 2.25 |
| 2023 | 5.28 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 4.34 | 1.01 |
| 2021 | 4.81 | 1.18 |
| 2020 | 5.12 | 3.03 |
| 2019 | 4.96 | 4.74 |
| 2018 | 5.13 | 5.06 |
| 2017 | 5.27 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 5.17 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 5.28 | 4.49 |
| 2014 | 5.46 | 4.72 |
| 2013 | 5.28 | 4.13 |
| 2012 | 5.31 | 3.99 |
| 2011 | 5.43 | 4.07 |
| 2010 | 5.71 | 4.12 |
| 2009 | 5.92 | 4.03 |
| 2008 | 6.18 | 4.02 |
| 2007 | 6.09 | 4.64 |
| 2006 | 5.81 | 4.58 |
| 2005 | 5.98 | 4.48 |
| 2004 | 6.12 | 4.51 |
| 2003 | 6.2 | 4.68 |
| 2002 | 6.32 | 4.75 |
| 2001 | 6.21 | 5.45 |
| 2000 | 6.02 | 5.39 |
| 1999 | 6.22 | 4.77 |
| 1998 | 6.62 | 4.02 |
| 1997 | 7.08 | 4.31 |
| 1996 | 7.28 | 5.66 |
| 1995 | 7.43 | 6.71 |
| 1994 | 10.12 | 7 |
| 1993 | 11.52 | 6.01 |
| 1992 | 10.93 | 7.98 |
| 1991 | 15.59 | 5.16 |
| 1990 | 12.36 | 7.55 |
| 1989 | 12.45 | – |
| 1988 | 15.95 | 1.19 |
| 1987 | 16.9 | 1.12 |
| 1986 | 14.77 | 5.26 |
| 1985 | 16.6 | 6.29 |
| 1984 | 16.18 | 10.97 |
| 1983 | 15.55 | 13.46 |
| 1982 | 18.39 | 9.29 |
| 1981 | 20.26 | 9.58 |
| 1980 | 18.92 | 12.36 |
| 1979 | 19.38 | 10.07 |
| 1978 | 22.89 | 8.49 |
| 1977 | 23.09 | 4.73 |
| 1976 | 29.25 | 12.12 |
| 1975 | 30.46 | – |
| 1974 | 27.66 | – |
| 1973 | 27.86 | 3.82 |
| 1972 | 20.37 | 5.09 |
| 1971 | 22.8 | 4 |
| 1970 | 23.45 | 4.34 |
| 1969 | 19.09 | 4.64 |
| 1968 | 17.43 | 4.84 |
| 1967 | 15.44 | 4.84 |
| 1966 | 9.44 | 4.16 |
| 1965 | 8.57 | 3.89 |
| 1964 | 8.99 | 3.66 |
| 1963 | 9.75 | – |
| 1962 | 9.16 | – |
| 1961 | 7.87 | – |
| 1960 | 7.46 | – |
- 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 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 spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Lebanon: $736M in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Lebanon: $142 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Lebanon: 16.6% of government spending 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