Israel vs Poland
Israel vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.63 billion TIV, or 4.04 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 889 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025