Egypt vs Iran
Egypt vs Iran: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $21 in Egypt and $80 in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by $59, or 3.78 times that in Egypt.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Egypt.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 120 and Iran ranked 83 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21 | $80 |
| 2024 | $21 | $87 |
| 2023 | $28 | $82 |
| 2022 | $42 | $84 |
| 2021 | $47 | $65 |
| 2020 | $42 | $38 |
| 2019 | $35 | $57 |
| 2018 | $30 | $138 |
| 2017 | $27 | $165 |
| 2016 | $45 | $147 |
| 2015 | $56 | $129 |
| 2014 | $53 | $122 |
| 2013 | $46 | $150 |
| 2012 | $49 | $209 |
| 2011 | $50 | $183 |
| 2010 | $50 | $176 |
| 2009 | $46 | $166 |
| 2008 | $44 | $148 |
| 2007 | $40 | $126 |
| 2006 | $36 | $121 |
| 2005 | $33 | $96 |
| 2004 | $30 | $75 |
| 2003 | $31 | $55 |
| 2002 | $38 | $48 |
| 2001 | $38 | $155 |
| 2000 | $36 | $126 |
| 1999 | $35 | $102 |
| 1998 | $34 | $86 |
| 1997 | $33 | $73 |
| 1996 | $32 | $57 |
| 1995 | $30 | $40 |
| 1994 | $27 | $28 |
| 1993 | $25 | $23 |
| 1992 | $23 | $325 |
| 1991 | $23 | $296 |
| 1990 | $39 | $286 |
| 1989 | $63 | $292 |
| 1988 | $82 | $348 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 151 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 share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending 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