Israel vs Sudan
Israel vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 480 million TIV, or 9.42 times that in Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 6 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 Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013