Israel vs Syria
Israel vs Syria: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $5,108 in Israel in 2025 and $110 in Syria in 2011, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Israel, by $1,855, or 18 times that in Syria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,108 | – |
| 2024 | $4,926 | – |
| 2023 | $2,949 | – |
| 2022 | $2,526 | – |
| 2021 | $2,660 | – |
| 2020 | $2,411 | – |
| 2019 | $2,306 | – |
| 2018 | $2,284 | – |
| 2017 | $2,261 | – |
| 2016 | $2,041 | – |
| 2015 | $2,003 | – |
| 2014 | $2,193 | – |
| 2013 | $2,050 | – |
| 2012 | $1,855 | – |
| 2011 | $1,965 | $110 |
| 2010 | $1,881 | $106 |
| 2009 | $1,765 | $100 |
| 2008 | $1,943 | $80 |
| 2007 | $1,627 | $79 |
| 2006 | $1,360 | $75 |
| 2005 | $1,321 | $78 |
| 2004 | $1,306 | $77 |
| 2003 | $1,262 | $81 |
| 2002 | $1,251 | $64 |
| 2001 | $1,354 | $61 |
| 2000 | $1,361 | $55 |
| 1999 | $1,287 | $70 |
| 1998 | $1,395 | $70 |
| 1997 | $1,517 | $69 |
| 1996 | $1,544 | $67 |
| 1995 | $1,482 | $66 |
| 1994 | $1,509 | $117 |
| 1993 | $1,543 | $105 |
| 1992 | $1,495 | $226 |
| 1991 | $2,000 | $226 |
| 1990 | $1,477 | $133 |
| 1989 | $1,279 | $124 |
| 1988 | $1,638 | $321 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 151 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 share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- 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