Egypt vs Ireland
Egypt vs Ireland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 683 million TIV, or 50 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 5 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 43 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 43 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 40 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 38 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 26 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 13 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 5 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 27 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 21 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 44 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 35 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 3 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 | 41 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 24 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 38 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 2 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 11 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 3 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 12 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 44 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 26 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 28 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 5 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 9 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 8 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 27 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 14 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 12 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 2 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 1 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Ireland: 24 million TIV in 2025