Afghanistan vs Egypt
Afghanistan vs Egypt: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $2.26B in Egypt in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1977 the value was higher in Egypt, by $5.43B, or 640 times that in Afghanistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $2.26B |
| 2024 | – | $2.4B |
| 2023 | – | $2.75B |
| 2022 | – | $3.38B |
| 2021 | – | $3.5B |
| 2020 | – | $3.24B |
| 2019 | – | $3B |
| 2018 | – | $2.89B |
| 2017 | – | $2.94B |
| 2016 | – | $3.49B |
| 2015 | – | $3.7B |
| 2014 | – | $3.49B |
| 2013 | – | $3.2B |
| 2012 | – | $3.22B |
| 2011 | – | $3.31B |
| 2010 | – | $3.41B |
| 2009 | – | $3.41B |
| 2008 | – | $3.52B |
| 2007 | – | $3.78B |
| 2006 | – | $3.75B |
| 2005 | – | $3.66B |
| 2004 | – | $3.67B |
| 2003 | – | $3.88B |
| 2002 | – | $3.8B |
| 2001 | – | $3.36B |
| 2000 | – | $2.79B |
| 1999 | – | $2.61B |
| 1998 | – | $2.6B |
| 1997 | – | $2.58B |
| 1996 | – | $2.52B |
| 1995 | – | $2.49B |
| 1994 | – | $2.53B |
| 1993 | – | $2.41B |
| 1992 | – | $2.49B |
| 1991 | – | $2.54B |
| 1990 | – | $2.52B |
| 1989 | – | $2.56B |
| 1988 | – | $3.18B |
| 1987 | – | $4.03B |
| 1986 | – | $4.75B |
| 1985 | – | $5.23B |
| 1984 | – | $5.22B |
| 1983 | – | $4.9B |
| 1982 | – | $4.37B |
| 1981 | – | $3.95B |
| 1980 | – | $3.27B |
| 1979 | – | $3.34B |
| 1978 | – | $4.43B |
| 1977 | $8.55M | $5.44B |
| 1976 | $8.11M | $4.91B |
| 1975 | $6.36M | $4.74B |
| 1974 | $6.06M | $5B |
| 1973 | $6.23M | $3.76B |
| 1972 | – | $3.7B |
| 1971 | – | $4.48B |
| 1970 | $5.37M | $3.99B |
| 1969 | – | $3.37B |
| 1968 | – | $2.54B |
| 1967 | – | $1.96B |
| 1966 | – | $1.87B |
| 1965 | – | $2.18B |
| 1964 | – | $2.18B |
| 1963 | – | $1.69B |
| 1962 | – | $1.18B |
Each country on its own
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.
- Ranks count the 151 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
Afghanistan vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024