Egypt vs India
Egypt vs India: National power
National power in 2022: 1.18% of world capability in Egypt and 9.94% of world capability in India, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in India, by 8.76 percentage points, or 8.42 times that in Egypt.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1947.
- In 2022, Egypt ranked 16 and India ranked 3 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Egypt | India |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.18 | 9.94 |
| 2021 | 1.21 | 9.79 |
| 2020 | 1.18 | 9.61 |
| 2019 | 1.16 | 9.75 |
| 2018 | 1.16 | 9.77 |
| 2017 | 1.15 | 9.75 |
| 2016 | 1 | 8.73 |
| 2015 | 1.01 | 8.57 |
| 2014 | 1 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8.18 |
| 2012 | 0.99 | 8.1 |
| 2011 | 1.01 | 8.04 |
| 2010 | 1.01 | 7.96 |
| 2009 | 1.02 | 8.09 |
| 2008 | 1.03 | 7.81 |
| 2007 | 1.05 | 7.73 |
| 2006 | 1.05 | 7.64 |
| 2005 | 1.04 | 7.61 |
| 2004 | 1.01 | 7.39 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7.35 |
| 2002 | 1.01 | 7.31 |
| 2001 | 0.98 | 7.01 |
| 2000 | 0.96 | 6.93 |
| 1999 | 0.92 | 6.86 |
| 1998 | 0.93 | 6.81 |
| 1997 | 0.89 | 6.68 |
| 1996 | 0.89 | 6.66 |
| 1995 | 0.88 | 6.55 |
| 1994 | 0.88 | 6.43 |
| 1993 | 0.87 | 6.39 |
| 1992 | 0.88 | 6.38 |
| 1991 | 0.85 | 6.28 |
| 1990 | 0.8 | 6.03 |
| 1989 | 0.86 | 5.95 |
| 1988 | 0.87 | 5.85 |
| 1987 | 0.84 | 5.76 |
| 1986 | 0.82 | 5.67 |
| 1985 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 1984 | 0.8 | 5.45 |
| 1983 | 0.79 | 5.44 |
| 1982 | 0.76 | 5.42 |
| 1981 | 0.76 | 5.2 |
| 1980 | 0.75 | 5.17 |
| 1979 | 0.76 | 5.28 |
| 1978 | 0.82 | 5.32 |
| 1977 | 0.82 | 5.31 |
| 1976 | 0.85 | 5.36 |
| 1975 | 0.87 | 5.46 |
| 1974 | 0.89 | 5.36 |
| 1973 | 0.87 | 5.42 |
| 1972 | 0.81 | 5.42 |
| 1971 | 0.75 | 5.26 |
| 1970 | 0.69 | 5.23 |
| 1969 | 0.67 | 5.03 |
| 1968 | 0.64 | 5.08 |
| 1967 | 0.65 | 5.07 |
| 1966 | 0.65 | 5.21 |
| 1965 | 0.66 | 5.2 |
| 1964 | 0.6 | 5.17 |
| 1963 | 0.57 | 5.15 |
| 1962 | 0.64 | 4.91 |
| 1961 | 0.64 | 4.87 |
| 1960 | 0.63 | 4.61 |
| 1959 | 0.63 | 4.69 |
| 1958 | 0.53 | 4.63 |
| 1957 | 0.52 | 4.58 |
| 1956 | 0.52 | 4.52 |
| 1955 | 0.52 | 4.52 |
| 1954 | 0.52 | 4.65 |
| 1953 | 0.51 | 4.67 |
| 1952 | 0.51 | 4.69 |
| 1951 | 0.54 | 4.9 |
| 1950 | 0.55 | 4.96 |
| 1949 | 0.56 | 5.14 |
| 1948 | 0.54 | 5.25 |
| 1947 | 0.53 | 5.28 |
| 1946 | 0.58 | – |
| 1945 | 0.53 | – |
| 1944 | 0.54 | – |
| 1943 | 0.54 | – |
| 1942 | 0.52 | – |
| 1941 | 0.51 | – |
| 1940 | 0.43 | – |
| 1939 | 0.41 | – |
| 1938 | 0.43 | – |
| 1937 | 0.41 | – |
| 1882 | 0.41 | – |
| 1881 | 0.48 | – |
| 1880 | 0.49 | – |
| 1879 | 0.55 | – |
| 1878 | 0.57 | – |
| 1877 | 0.61 | – |
| 1876 | 0.62 | – |
| 1875 | 0.53 | – |
| 1874 | 0.53 | – |
| 1873 | 0.53 | – |
| 1872 | 0.64 | – |
| 1871 | 0.51 | – |
| 1870 | 0.54 | – |
| 1869 | 0.79 | – |
| 1868 | 0.64 | – |
| 1867 | 0.63 | – |
| 1866 | 0.64 | – |
| 1865 | 0.62 | – |
| 1864 | 0.63 | – |
| 1863 | 0.65 | – |
| 1862 | 0.66 | – |
| 1861 | 0.64 | – |
| 1860 | 0.66 | – |
| 1859 | 0.88 | – |
| 1858 | 0.89 | – |
| 1857 | 0.88 | – |
| 1856 | 0.9 | – |
| 1855 | 0.91 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs India
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024India: 81 million TIV in 2025