Egypt vs France
Egypt vs France: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 3.37 billion TIV in France in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in France, by 2.47 billion TIV, or 1,200 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 3.37 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 2.47 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 2.18 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | 3.16 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | 3.9 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 2.29 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | 3.75 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 2.34 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.19 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | 2.23 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | 1.76 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 2.08 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 888 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.85 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 1.87 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2.15 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 1.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 1.65 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 2.12 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1.35 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.38 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.31 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 966 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.68 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3.1 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | 3.18 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 1.84 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 million | 969 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 858 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 28 million | 971 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 1.25 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.17 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 25 million | 1.8 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | 2.27 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | 1.96 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | 1.75 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | 2.96 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | 3.99 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 million | 3.41 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 81 million | 3.79 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | 3.68 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 29 million | 3.85 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 32 million | 2.97 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 78 million | 3.32 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 51 million | 2.74 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.04 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 16 million | 2.32 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.18 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.97 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.69 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 39 million | 1.74 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 15 million | 1.52 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | 1.5 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 1.6 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 14 million | 1.9 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 1.57 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 8 million | 1.33 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 912 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | 856 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 866 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs France
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025