Israel vs United Kingdom
Israel vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.92 billion TIV, or 3.74 times that in United Kingdom.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2024, when it overtook United Kingdom.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025