Egypt vs Iraq: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 55 million TIV in Iraq, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 642 million TIV, or 13 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Iraq ranked 56 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	Iraq	World
2025	697 million	55 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	80 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	55 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	5 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	144 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	454 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	945 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	1.83 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	1.49 billion	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	629 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	375 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	523 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	623 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	480 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	418 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	379 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	299 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	306 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	195 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	49 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	–	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	818 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	1.51 billion	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	1.92 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	3.47 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	3.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	3.91 billion	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	4.58 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	3.38 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	3.26 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	2.58 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	2.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	1.4 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	1.8 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	1.07 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	1.14 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	1.11 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	1.43 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	1.85 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	645 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	187 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	185 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	418 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	392 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	364 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	341 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	248 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	321 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	201 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	278 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	130 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	176 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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