Israel - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Israel was 21,704,450,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 21,704,450,000 in 2020 and 190,277,800 in 1960.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1960 190,277,800
1961 241,805,600
1962 210,604,200
1963 259,250,900
1964 278,584,300
1965 313,917,700
1966 375,501,200
1967 605,514,200
1968 690,002,000
1969 872,002,500
1970 1,259,646,000
1971 1,270,658,000
1972 1,461,374,000
1973 2,574,505,000
1974 3,475,603,000
1975 3,758,315,000
1976 3,648,665,000
1977 3,180,556,000
1978 3,117,508,000
1979 3,394,519,000
1980 4,120,815,000
1981 4,700,103,000
1982 4,518,482,000
1983 4,265,359,000
1984 4,214,300,000
1985 4,004,517,000
1986 4,386,224,000
1987 5,995,554,000
1988 6,999,575,000
1989 5,550,710,000
1990 6,528,767,000
1991 9,337,650,000
1992 7,313,389,000
1993 7,752,807,000
1994 7,772,187,000
1995 7,945,972,000
1996 8,499,442,000
1997 8,580,698,000
1998 8,095,648,000
1999 7,652,604,000
2000 8,327,544,000
2001 8,504,274,000
2002 7,981,519,000
2003 8,225,281,000
2004 8,605,126,000
2005 8,921,942,000
2006 9,315,253,000
2007 11,382,200,000
2008 13,803,710,000
2009 12,754,240,000
2010 13,875,210,000
2011 15,163,230,000
2012 14,600,670,000
2013 16,324,820,000
2014 17,810,040,000
2015 16,516,790,000
2016 17,488,180,000
2017 19,434,130,000
2018 19,759,170,000
2019 20,504,380,000
2020 21,704,450,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Israel was 72,937,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72,937,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 34,250 in 1960.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1960 34,250
1961 43,525
1962 61,075
1963 77,775
1964 83,575
1965 94,175
1966 112,650
1967 186,700
1968 241,500
1969 305,200
1970 440,875
1971 533,675
1972 610,825
1973 1,079,925
1974 1,547,175
1975 2,381,325
1976 2,891,775
1977 3,322,250
1978 5,435,500
1979 8,624,250
1980 21,116,250
1981 53,725,000
1982 109,650,000
1983 239,775,000
1984 1,235,675,000
1985 4,720,725,000
1986 6,526,000,000
1987 9,560,750,000
1988 11,191,830,000
1989 10,637,490,000
1990 13,163,170,000
1991 21,281,530,000
1992 17,984,210,000
1993 21,941,060,000
1994 23,402,520,000
1995 23,927,620,000
1996 27,127,240,000
1997 29,597,830,000
1998 30,764,110,000
1999 31,679,640,000
2000 33,954,140,000
2001 35,766,000,000
2002 37,815,000,000
2003 37,459,000,000
2004 38,568,000,000
2005 40,039,000,000
2006 41,507,000,000
2007 46,759,000,000
2008 49,528,000,000
2009 50,154,000,000
2010 51,879,000,000
2011 54,256,000,000
2012 56,299,000,000
2013 58,945,000,000
2014 63,723,000,000
2015 64,198,000,000
2016 67,190,000,000
2017 70,301,000,000
2018 70,947,000,000
2019 72,937,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Israel was 5.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.46 in 1975, while its lowest value was 5.19 in 2019.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1960 7.46
1961 7.87
1962 9.16
1963 9.75
1964 8.98
1965 8.57
1966 9.43
1967 15.44
1968 17.43
1969 19.09
1970 23.45
1971 22.80
1972 20.37
1973 27.86
1974 27.66
1975 30.46
1976 29.25
1977 23.09
1978 22.89
1979 19.38
1980 18.92
1981 20.26
1982 18.39
1983 15.55
1984 16.18
1985 16.60
1986 14.77
1987 16.90
1988 15.95
1989 12.45
1990 12.36
1991 15.59
1992 10.93
1993 11.52
1994 10.12
1995 7.92
1996 7.73
1997 7.48
1998 6.98
1999 6.53
2000 6.30
2001 6.51
2002 6.59
2003 6.49
2004 6.36
2005 6.26
2006 6.05
2007 6.37
2008 6.39
2009 6.15
2010 5.94
2011 5.79
2012 5.67
2013 5.58
2014 5.75
2015 5.51
2016 5.49
2017 5.53
2018 5.33
2019 5.19
2020 5.62

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Israel was 12.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 15.37 in 2007, while its lowest value was 12.09 in 2020.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
2000 14.05
2001 13.68
2002 12.79
2003 13.81
2004 14.29
2005 14.33
2006 14.08
2007 15.37
2008 15.19
2009 14.59
2010 14.68
2011 14.56
2012 14.04
2013 13.81
2014 14.79
2015 14.59
2016 14.46
2017 14.25
2018 13.46
2019 13.26
2020 12.09

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade