Egypt vs Israel
Egypt vs Israel: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 160 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Israel ranked 20 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 | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | 537 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | 237 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 863 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 833 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | 458 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 379 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 516 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 491 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 565 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 652 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 694 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 549 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | 160 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | 137 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | 86 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 76 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | 162 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 680 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 840 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 1.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 846 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | 189 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 350 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 116 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 389 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 1.28 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 1.3 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.05 billion | 67 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 969 million | 105 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.7 billion | 372 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion | 767 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | 716 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | 1.34 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 1.21 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | 81 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | 24 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 582 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 1.18 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 295 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 270 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | 475 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 866 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 1.66 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 1.25 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 709 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 1.22 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 1.23 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | 2 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 1.18 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 1.03 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 2.18 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 963 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 1.41 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | 1.19 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | 1.37 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | 926 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | 229 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | 460 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | 447 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 415 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 368 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | 279 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | 88 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 164 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 Israel
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025