Egypt vs France: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 461 million TIV, or 2.95 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2025, when it overtook France.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and France ranked 34 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	France	World
2025	697 million	236 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	183 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	114 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	130 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	225 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	201 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	84 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	38 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	36 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	104 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	86 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	41 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	103 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	72 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	75 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	68 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	2 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	93 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	55 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	38 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	61 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	98 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	105 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	171 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	223 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	64 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	99 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	84 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	102 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	439 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	963 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	77 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	107 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	134 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	84 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	100 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	20 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	73 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	108 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	142 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	106 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	70 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	107 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	231 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	194 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	186 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	45 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	51 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	33 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	57 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	44 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	64 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	123 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	98 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	106 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	378 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	1.3 billion	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	162 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	122 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	321 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	526 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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