Israel vs Saudi Arabia

Israel vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.33 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Israel vs Saudi Arabia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.33 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Israel ranked 3 and Saudi Arabia ranked 5 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIsraelSaudi Arabia
20257.816.48
20248.476.41
20235.286.38
20224.345.72
20214.816.43
20205.128.41
20194.967.35
20185.138.42
20175.279.5
20165.179.24
20155.2812.57
20145.4610.26
20135.288.71
20125.317.51
20115.437.13
20105.718.57
20095.929.62
20086.187.35
20076.098.53
20065.817.85
20055.987.73
20046.128.08
20036.28.69
20026.329.76
20016.2111.42
20006.0210.53
19996.2211.38
19986.6214.31
19977.0811
19967.288.47
19957.439.28
199410.1210.64
199311.5212.47
199210.9311.28
199115.5912.47
199012.3614.02
198912.4513.39
198815.9515.15
198716.916.9
198614.77–
198516.617
198416.1819
198315.5516.97
198218.3917.72
198120.2613.27
198018.9212.61
197919.3815.77
197822.8916.74
197723.0915.65
197629.25–
197530.46–
197427.66–
197327.8610.84
197220.3710.08
197122.88.64
197023.459.4
196919.099.57
196817.438.09
196715.4411.51
19669.4411.32
19658.577.69
19648.995.97
19639.755.9
19629.16–
19617.87–
19607.46–
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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.

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