Israel vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.51 billion TIV, or 23 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	South Africa	World
2025	2.62 billion	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.16 billion	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	1.27 billion	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.03 billion	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	687 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	356 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	385 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	1.14 billion	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.22 billion	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	1.26 billion	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	573 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	408 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	414 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	482 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	590 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	695 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	819 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	389 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	613 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	451 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	521 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	599 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	418 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	532 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	467 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	407 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	177 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	227 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	271 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	335 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	206 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	337 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	416 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	354 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	157 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	73 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	190 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	63 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	130 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	333 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	202 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	202 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	364 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	261 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	196 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	241 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	188 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	222 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	201 million	0	40 billion
1976	80 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	109 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	43 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	18 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	35 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	27 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	21 million	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	48 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	55 million	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	45 million	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	46 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	34 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	5 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	27 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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