Israel vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 507 million TIV, or 18 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 since 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	South Africa	World
2025	537 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	458 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	262 million	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 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	122 million	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	500 million	37 billion
1976	2 billion	419 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	–	15 billion
1960	164 million	13 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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