Israel vs Türkiye

Israel vs Türkiye: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 1.91% of GDP in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 5.9 percentage points, or 4.09 times that in Türkiye.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Israel vs Türkiye: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 1.91% of GDP in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 5.9 percentage points, or 4.09 times that in Türkiye.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2025, Israel ranked 3 and Türkiye ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIsraelTürkiye
20257.811.91
20248.471.84
20235.281.69
20224.341.63
20214.811.81
20205.122.16
20194.962.64
20185.132.49
20175.272.04
20165.172.05
20155.281.81
20145.461.87
20135.281.92
20125.312
20115.432.02
20105.712.26
20095.922.45
20086.182.17
20076.092.19
20065.812.33
20055.982.38
20046.122.66
20036.23.26
20026.323.76
20016.213.57
20006.023.64
19996.223.88
19986.623.18
19977.082.95
19967.283
19957.432.82
199410.124.05
199311.523.92
199210.933.87
199115.593.75
199012.363.53
198912.453.15
198815.952.93
198716.93.33
198614.773.64
198516.63.53
198416.183.6
198315.553.94
198218.394.3
198120.263.83
198018.923.9
197919.383.36
197822.894.19
197723.094.71
197629.254.94
197530.465.12
197427.663.19
197327.863.35
197220.373.45
197122.83.5
197023.453.26
196919.093.08
196817.433.28
196715.443.26
19669.443.14
19658.573.55
19648.993.42
19639.753.39
19629.163.71
19617.873.77
19607.463.53
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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