Egypt vs India: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 2.86 billion TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.17 billion TIV, or 4.11 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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India has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and India ranked 2 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	India	World
2025	697 million	2.86 billion	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	1.6 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	1.54 billion	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	2.7 billion	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	3.96 billion	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	2.67 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	3.2 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	1.98 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	2.68 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	2.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	2.73 billion	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	3.28 billion	27 billion
2013	719 million	5.3 billion	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	4.51 billion	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	3.63 billion	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	2.9 billion	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	1.96 billion	24 billion
2008	326 million	1.64 billion	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	2.3 billion	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	1.49 billion	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	1.2 billion	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	2.25 billion	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	2.8 billion	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	1.9 billion	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	1.05 billion	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	988 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	1.22 billion	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	797 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	1.68 billion	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	831 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	1.36 billion	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	873 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	737 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	1.19 billion	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	1.88 billion	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	2.83 billion	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	3.68 billion	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	3.85 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	3.92 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	4.24 billion	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	3 billion	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	2.43 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	2.64 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	2.65 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	2.12 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	1.77 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	1.2 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	1.2 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	2.38 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	1.94 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	1.53 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	1.33 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	1.51 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	2.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	2.02 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	963 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	1.37 billion	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	1.13 billion	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	961 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	1 billion	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	794 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	695 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	402 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	1.15 billion	15 billion
1960	164 million	544 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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