Israel vs United States
Israel vs United States: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 17.8% of government spending in Israel and 8.3% of government spending in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 9.6 percentage points, or 2.16 times that in United States.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 10 and United States ranked 34 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.8 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 19.3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 8.2 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 13.1 | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 13.7 | 9.4 |
| 2016 | 13.6 | 9.6 |
| 2015 | 14 | 9.9 |
| 2014 | 14.3 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 13.3 | 11.2 |
| 2012 | 13.4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 12.4 |
| 2010 | 14.4 | 12.3 |
| 2009 | 14.3 | 11.8 |
| 2008 | 15 | 12 |
| 2007 | 15.1 | 11.8 |
| 2006 | 14 | 12 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 11.3 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 13.5 | 9.6 |
| 2000 | 13.9 | – |
- 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 United States
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025