Israel
Precluded from the markets of most Arab and Muslim states, Israel was the only country not to sell to Pakistan, and one of the few not to sell to Saudi Arabia or UAE. Nonetheless, Israel still armed a majority of conflicts, and was more likely to sell arms to countries that were involved in minor armed conflict
Explore the graphics below to see how the likelihood of arms sales increases or decreases with different factors.
What factors might affect arms exports from Israel?
War
Arms sales from Israel are:
- More frequent when the recipient is involved in a minor armed conflict
Money
Arms sales from Israel are:
- More frequent as the GDP (total) of the recipient increases 2
- More frequent as the total military acquisition of the recipient from all other suppliers increases
Relationships
Arms sales from Israel are:
- More frequent if the recipient is already a recent customer 4
Other
No significant difference was found between arms exports to different countries based on other miscellaneous metrics.
Conflicts
Direct conflict participation
Israel directly participated in the following conflicts:
Weapons supplies to conflict participants
Israel supplied Major Conventional Weapons to active participants in the following conflicts:
Top arms recipients
The greatest recipients of Major Conventional Weapons from Israel by value* between 1990 and 2018 are as follows:
*The SIPRI Trend Indicator Value (TIV) is a relative measure of arms transfer value, normalized for inflation and currency.
Full results
All metrics were investigated using regression analysis. The full results are reproduced here.
Footnotes
- 1Measured in constant 2018 millions of USD
- 2Both total GDP and GDP per-capita were analysed, with similar results. In each analysis whichever had higher significance is specified although the differences were minor.
- 3This metric is only applicable to supplier states whose export control regimes claim to involve any criteria related to human rights in the recipient country.
- 4Transfers above 5,000 TIV in the last five years. The SIPRI TIV unit is a measurement of the value of arms which is independent of currency and inflation.
- 5This metric is only applicable to supplier states that also participated in the conflict.
- 6This metric is only applicable to supplier states that also participated in the invasion or the main international force up to 2011.