Egypt vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 697 million TIV in Egypt in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 86 million TIV, or 3.05 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Egypt has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Iran	World
2025	697 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	–	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	487 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	141 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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