China vs Egypt: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 697 million TIV in Egypt, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 490 million TIV, or 3.37 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Egypt has been higher since 2020, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Egypt ranked 15 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Egypt	World
2025	207 million	697 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	128 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	1.15 billion	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	742 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	1.3 billion	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	1.4 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	1.09 billion	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	1.64 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	2.48 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	1.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	1.44 billion	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	430 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	719 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	308 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	653 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	689 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	95 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	660 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	695 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	833 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	660 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	633 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	717 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	824 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	833 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	517 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	483 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	1.05 billion	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	969 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	1.7 billion	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	2.03 billion	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	1.26 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	973 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	887 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	563 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	319 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	449 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	1.63 billion	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	1.47 billion	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	955 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	1.51 billion	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	1.7 billion	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	2.51 billion	41.4 billion
1981	–	1.2 billion	42 billion
1980	4 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	631 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	136 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	410 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	159 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	566 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	1.11 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	2.61 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	3.26 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	1.98 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	1.98 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	1.24 billion	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	1.28 billion	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	2.24 billion	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	1.54 billion	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	962 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	851 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	741 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	544 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	164 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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