Israel vs Syria
Israel vs Syria: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 17.8% of government spending in Israel in 2025 and 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Israel, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Syria.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Syria.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.8 | – |
| 2024 | 19.3 | – |
| 2023 | 13.4 | – |
| 2022 | 11.7 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | – |
| 2020 | 11.4 | – |
| 2019 | 12.8 | – |
| 2018 | 13.1 | – |
| 2017 | 13.7 | – |
| 2016 | 13.6 | – |
| 2015 | 14 | – |
| 2014 | 14.3 | – |
| 2013 | 13.3 | – |
| 2012 | 13.4 | – |
| 2011 | 13.8 | – |
| 2010 | 14.4 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 14.3 | 15.1 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15.5 |
| 2007 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 14 | 16.5 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 17.8 |
| 2004 | 14.2 | 17.7 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 19.1 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 17.4 |
| 2001 | 13.5 | 18.9 |
| 2000 | 13.9 | 19 |
| 1999 | – | 20.7 |
| 1998 | – | 20.2 |
| 1997 | – | 20.3 |
| 1996 | – | 21.8 |
| 1995 | – | 23.4 |
| 1994 | – | 24.3 |
| 1993 | – | 24.6 |
| 1992 | – | 26.3 |
| 1991 | – | 30.4 |
| 1990 | – | 24.3 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010