Israel vs Spain
Israel vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 300 million TIV, or 2.27 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 and Spain ranked 33 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 214 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025