Israel vs Palestinian Territories
Israel vs Palestinian Territories: Arms imports
Arms imports: 537 million TIV in Israel in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Palestinian Territories in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Israel, by 861 million TIV, or 430 times that in Palestinian Territories.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 2 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 1 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 15 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 2 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | – | 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 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 9 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 1 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | – | 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 | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 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 Palestinian Territories
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 65.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Palestinian Territories: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Palestinian Territories: 14.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Palestinian Territories: 80.3% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Palestinian Territories: 4.67% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Palestinian Territories: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Palestinian Territories: 5.41 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Palestinian Territories: 1.52% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Palestinian Territories: 87.4% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 19.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Palestinian Territories: -4.6 per 1,000 people in 2023