Israel vs Pakistan
Israel vs Pakistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 169 million TIV, or 1.31 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 706 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 1.07 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 2.2 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 1.53 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 984 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 624 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 654 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 893 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 870 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 872 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 771 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 877 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 1.11 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 1.02 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 1.18 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 2.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 1.2 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 1.07 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 693 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 324 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 427 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 471 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 645 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 566 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 412 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 175 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 867 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 699 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 691 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 506 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 368 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 862 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 992 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 352 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 511 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 635 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 974 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 412 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 617 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 280 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 751 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 863 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 784 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 544 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 491 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 900 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 697 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 655 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 271 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 276 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 223 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 225 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 177 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 664 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 553 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 422 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 542 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 415 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 151 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 592 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 222 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 96 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 225 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 84 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 41 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 46 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025