Israel vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.59 billion TIV, or 79 times that in United Arab Emirates.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 2.62 billion 2025 | 573 million |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 million 2025 | 143 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 33 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 119 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 64 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 17 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 57 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 209 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 131 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 120 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 106 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 111 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 100 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 115 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 75 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 39 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 34 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 17 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 37 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 6 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 2 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 2 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 22 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 14 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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.
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