Israel vs Yemen: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $43.7B in Israel in 2025 and $12.3B in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Israel, by $6.59B, or 1.53 times that in Yemen.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | $43.7B 2025 | $19.3B | 13 of 151 |
| Yemen | $12.3B 2014 | $12.9B | — |
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $43.7B | – |
| 2024 | $45.9B | – |
| 2023 | $27.7B | – |
| 2022 | $22.2B | – |
| 2021 | $23.1B | – |
| 2020 | $22.3B | – |
| 2019 | $21.6B | – |
| 2018 | $21.3B | – |
| 2017 | $21.1B | – |
| 2016 | $19.9B | – |
| 2015 | $19.3B | – |
| 2014 | $18.9B | $12.3B |
| 2013 | $17.6B | $12.8B |
| 2012 | $17B | $13.9B |
| 2011 | $16.6B | $15.2B |
| 2010 | $16.9B | $16.8B |
| 2009 | $16.9B | $16.9B |
| 2008 | $17.2B | $14.5B |
| 2007 | $16.9B | $15.1B |
| 2006 | $15.2B | $12.6B |
| 2005 | $14.9B | $13.5B |
| 2004 | $14.7B | $12.9B |
| 2003 | $14.1B | $15.8B |
| 2002 | $14.4B | $15.3B |
| 2001 | $14.3B | $12.1B |
| 2000 | $13.7B | $11.4B |
| 1999 | $12.9B | $10.2B |
| 1998 | $13.2B | $9.31B |
| 1997 | $13.4B | $10.2B |
| 1996 | $13.4B | $8.14B |
| 1995 | $13.1B | $9.5B |
| 1994 | $14.4B | $12.7B |
| 1993 | $15.1B | $12.3B |
| 1992 | $13.7B | $14.2B |
| 1991 | $18.2B | $14.5B |
| 1990 | $13.4B | $15.5B |
| 1989 | $12.7B | – |
| 1988 | $16.1B | – |
| 1987 | $15.9B | – |
| 1986 | $13B | – |
| 1985 | $14B | – |
| 1984 | $14.8B | – |
| 1983 | $13.6B | – |
| 1982 | $15.3B | – |
| 1981 | $16.5B | – |
| 1980 | $14.1B | – |
| 1979 | $13.3B | – |
| 1978 | $14.9B | – |
| 1977 | $13.7B | – |
| 1976 | $16.1B | – |
| 1975 | $17.4B | – |
| 1974 | $15.7B | – |
| 1973 | $15.3B | – |
| 1972 | $10.4B | – |
| 1971 | $10.3B | – |
| 1970 | $9.5B | – |
| 1969 | $6.98B | – |
| 1968 | $5.66B | – |
| 1967 | $4.47B | – |
| 1966 | $2.74B | – |
| 1965 | $2.47B | – |
| 1964 | $2.36B | – |
| 1963 | $2.31B | – |
| 1962 | $1.94B | – |
| 1961 | $1.51B | – |
| 1960 | $1.27B | – |
| 1959 | $1.17B | – |
| 1958 | $1.1B | – |
| 1957 | $1.17B | – |
| 1956 | $1.33B | – |
| 1955 | $687M | – |
| 1954 | $494M | – |
| 1953 | $404M | – |
| 1952 | $425M | – |
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Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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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