Israel vs Switzerland
Israel vs Switzerland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.49 billion TIV, or 20 times that in Switzerland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Switzerland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 129 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 11 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 181 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 107 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 222 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 244 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 175 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 220 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 491 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 352 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 213 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 257 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 349 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 285 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 260 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | 506 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 325 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 320 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 274 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 293 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | 207 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 178 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | 219 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 140 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 227 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 198 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 131 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 204 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 144 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 176 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 232 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 457 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 508 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 475 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 318 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 375 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 319 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 340 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 347 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 529 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 331 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | 413 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 559 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | 566 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 488 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 223 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | 339 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | 592 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 484 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 89 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 54 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | 34 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 42 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | 18 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | 106 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | 88 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | 261 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | 367 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | 484 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 394 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 351 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 534 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 493 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 435 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 Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023