Egypt vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 634 million TIV, or 11 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Ethiopia ranked 53 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	Egypt	Ethiopia	World
2025	697 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	–	24 billion
2008	326 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	328 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	24 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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