Egypt vs Israel
Egypt vs Israel: Government debt
Government debt: 90.9% of GDP in Egypt in 2024 and 67.9% of GDP in Israel in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 23.3 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Israel.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Israel.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 71.5% of GDP and Israel at 72.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Egypt | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.8 | 67.9 |
| 2024 | 90.9 | 67.7 |
| 2023 | 95.9 | 61.9 |
| 2022 | 88.5 | 60.9 |
| 2021 | 89.9 | 68.2 |
| 2020 | 86.2 | 71.4 |
| 2019 | 80.1 | 59.5 |
| 2018 | 88 | 60.3 |
| 2017 | 97.8 | 60.1 |
| 2016 | 91.6 | 62 |
| 2015 | 83.8 | 63.2 |
| 2014 | 80.9 | 66.1 |
| 2013 | 79.8 | 66.4 |
| 2012 | 69.9 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 72.8 | 67.5 |
| 2010 | 69.6 | 69.4 |
| 2009 | 69.5 | 73 |
| 2008 | 66.8 | 70.6 |
| 2007 | 76.3 | 71.2 |
| 2006 | 85.9 | 78.1 |
| 2005 | 98.3 | 85.7 |
| 2004 | 96.5 | 88.7 |
| 2003 | 97.1 | 90.1 |
| 2002 | 85.8 | 87.6 |
| 2001 | 79.2 | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 71.7 | 77.5 |
| 1999 | 72.4 | – |
| 1998 | 73.8 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Egypt | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 68.8 |
| 2027 | 82.9 | 69.5 |
| 2028 | 81.4 | 70.5 |
| 2029 | 78 | 71.2 |
| 2030 | 75 | 71.9 |
| 2031 | 71.5 | 72.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 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 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 importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025