Bangladesh vs Egypt

Bangladesh vs Egypt: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.81% of GDP in Bangladesh and 0.61% of GDP in Egypt, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Bangladesh vs Egypt: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.81% of GDP in Bangladesh and 0.61% of GDP in Egypt, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Egypt.
BangladeshEgyptSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 124 and Egypt ranked 133 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBangladeshEgypt
20250.810.61
20240.860.67
20230.870.81
202211.02
20211.181.12
20201.261.12
20191.251.18
20181.181.25
20171.131.42
20161.231.67
20151.451.72
20141.361.69
20131.331.61
20121.421.65
20111.461.84
20101.421.95
20091.232.03
20081.122.18
20071.192.38
20061.192.61
20051.162.71
20041.192.88
20031.23.18
20021.253.28
20011.342.99
20001.42.55
19991.422.57
19981.422.66
19971.432.84
19961.382.98
19951.413.08
19941.43.15
19931.283.1
19921.23.22
19911.093.61
19901.113.47
19891.183.97
19881.145.06
19871.066.53
19861.037.5
19850.977.86
19841.098.27
19831.27.96
19820.977.19
19810.847.42
19800.746.16
19790.846.47
19781.279.94
19771.5713.11
19761.5213.73
19750.8415.43
19740.617.27
19730.6613.51
1972–13.56
1971–17.19
1970–15.99
1969–14.34
1968–11.13
1967–8.91
1966–8.72
1965–10.12
1964–10.33
1963–8.67
1962–6.68
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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