Israel vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 535 million TIV, or 270 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	Syria	World
2025	537 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	–	33 billion
2021	458 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	931 million	37 billion
1976	2 billion	527 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	38 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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