Israel vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.51 billion TIV, or 5.66 times that in Israel.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Israel.
In 2025, Israel ranked 20 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	537 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	458 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	160 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	2 billion	702 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	6 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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