Israel vs Sweden
Israel vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.39 billion TIV, or 11 times that in Sweden.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Sweden.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025