Israel’s Defense Exports Rise Nearly 30% to $19.2 Billion in 2025, Reaching Record Level

Israel’s national defence exports rose to $19.2 billion in 2025, according to figures the Israeli Defense Ministry published on June 2, and the source says this marked a new record. The ministry said exports grew for a fifth consecutive year, which it described as evidence of continued strong international demand for Israeli weapons systems. The source notes that the growth came despite what it describes as widespread global resistance, Israel’s exclusion from several international military exhibitions, and criticism that it says Israel has partly faced internationally.

Figures from the Israel Defense Department’s International Defence Cooperation Bureau (SIBAT) put the total value of state defence exports at close to $19.2 billion in 2025, up from $14.8 billion in 2024 and $13 billion in 2023. The source also cites the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), whose global arms transfer database showed Israel as the seventh-largest arms exporter in the 2021–2025 period, with 4.4 per cent of the world’s major arms exports. The source states that Israel’s share is expected to rise further because of its 2025 growth.

According to SIBAT, about half of the 2025 total, or $10 billion, came from government-to-government (GTG) transactions. The source explains that such deals take less time and bureaucracy, and that Israeli defence companies act as the subcontractors in them. It gives the Arrow 3 missile deal as an example, saying it was signed by Israel and the German government, with a subcontractor identified in the source as IAI. The Ministry of Defence said that missiles, rockets and air defence systems led the trade at 29 per cent of the total in 2025, compared with 48 per cent in 2024 and 36 per cent in 2023. The source adds that the industry met domestic needs and fulfilled its international obligations while signing a large number of new contracts, which it presents as a sign of continuing international confidence in Israel’s reliability in deliveries (Proverbs 11:1).

The source reports that Europe remained the largest market for Israeli arms exports, at 36 per cent in 2025, compared with 54 per cent in 2024 and 35 per cent in 2023. It states that Israel was the largest supplier of weapons to Germany and the second-largest supplier to the United Kingdom.

Asia and the Pacific was the second-largest market, the source says, accounting for 32 per cent of Israel’s arms exports in 2025, up from 23 per cent in 2024. In dollar terms, the source reports that sales to the region nearly doubled, from approximately $3.4 billion in 2024 to $6.1 billion in 2025.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Mandarin Chinese)