Algeria vs Egypt
Algeria vs Egypt: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $24.1B in Algeria and $2.26B in Egypt, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by $21.9B, or 11 times that in Egypt.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Egypt.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 20 and Egypt ranked 62 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Egypt |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24.1B | $2.26B |
| 2024 | $21.8B | $2.4B |
| 2023 | $19.3B | $2.75B |
| 2022 | $11B | $3.38B |
| 2021 | $11.4B | $3.5B |
| 2020 | $12.2B | $3.24B |
| 2019 | $12.5B | $3B |
| 2018 | $11.6B | $2.89B |
| 2017 | $12.1B | $2.94B |
| 2016 | $12.8B | $3.49B |
| 2015 | $12.7B | $3.7B |
| 2014 | $12.2B | $3.49B |
| 2013 | $10.6B | $3.2B |
| 2012 | $9.78B | $3.22B |
| 2011 | $9.3B | $3.31B |
| 2010 | $6.5B | $3.41B |
| 2009 | $6.14B | $3.41B |
| 2008 | $5.65B | $3.52B |
| 2007 | $4.85B | $3.78B |
| 2006 | $4.13B | $3.75B |
| 2005 | $4.03B | $3.66B |
| 2004 | $3.85B | $3.67B |
| 2003 | $3.39B | $3.88B |
| 2002 | $3.46B | $3.8B |
| 2001 | $3.39B | $3.36B |
| 2000 | $3.1B | $2.79B |
| 1999 | $2.67B | $2.61B |
| 1998 | $2.53B | $2.6B |
| 1997 | $2.39B | $2.58B |
| 1996 | $1.98B | $2.52B |
| 1995 | $1.74B | $2.49B |
| 1994 | $1.8B | $2.53B |
| 1993 | $1.48B | $2.41B |
| 1992 | $1.38B | $2.49B |
| 1991 | $822M | $2.54B |
| 1990 | $803M | $2.52B |
| 1989 | $752M | $2.56B |
| 1988 | $769M | $3.18B |
| 1987 | $777M | $4.03B |
| 1986 | $762M | $4.75B |
| 1985 | $775M | $5.23B |
| 1984 | $827M | $5.22B |
| 1983 | $880M | $4.9B |
| 1982 | $876M | $4.37B |
| 1981 | $759M | $3.95B |
| 1980 | $854M | $3.27B |
| 1979 | $751M | $3.34B |
| 1978 | $759M | $4.43B |
| 1977 | $700M | $5.44B |
| 1976 | $803M | $4.91B |
| 1975 | $576M | $4.74B |
| 1974 | $517M | $5B |
| 1973 | $270M | $3.76B |
| 1972 | $260M | $3.7B |
| 1971 | $269M | $4.48B |
| 1970 | $274M | $3.99B |
| 1969 | $293M | $3.37B |
| 1968 | – | $2.54B |
| 1967 | – | $1.96B |
| 1966 | – | $1.87B |
| 1965 | – | $2.18B |
| 1964 | – | $2.18B |
| 1963 | – | $1.69B |
| 1962 | – | $1.18B |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024