Egypt vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 935 million TIV, or 2.34 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	World
2025	697 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	261 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	164 million	2.04 billion	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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