Egypt vs Iran
Egypt vs Iran: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 2.5% of government spending in Egypt and 11.2% of government spending in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 8.7 percentage points, or 4.55 times that in Egypt.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 128 and Iran ranked 22 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 11.9 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 14 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 14.1 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 14.5 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 14.6 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 14.6 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 16.1 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 15.4 |
| 2015 | 5.2 | 15.6 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 14.8 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 15.6 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 6.2 | 16 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 15.7 |
| 2008 | 6.7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7.6 | 15.3 |
| 2006 | 7.5 | 14.3 |
| 2005 | 9 | 13.6 |
| 2004 | 9.6 | 14.9 |
| 2003 | 10.4 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 10.6 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | – | 14.6 |
| 2000 | – | 14 |
| 1999 | – | 12.6 |
| 1998 | – | 12.9 |
| 1997 | – | 11.9 |
| 1996 | – | 10.7 |
| 1995 | – | 8.5 |
| 1994 | – | 7.6 |
| 1993 | – | 5.1 |
| 1992 | – | 9.9 |
| 1991 | – | 12.5 |
| 1990 | – | 14.5 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025