Egypt vs Israel

Egypt vs Israel: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 2.5% of government spending in Egypt and 17.8% of government spending in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 15.4 percentage points, or 7.27 times that in Egypt.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Egypt vs Israel: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 2.5% of government spending in Egypt and 17.8% of government spending in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 15.4 percentage points, or 7.27 times that in Egypt.
EgyptIsraelSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 128 and Israel ranked 10 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearEgyptIsrael
20252.517.8
20243.419.3
20234.213.4
20224.611.7
20214.812
20204.511.4
20194.212.8
20184.213.1
20174.413.7
20165.113.6
20155.214
20144.714.3
20134.713.3
20125.313.4
2011613.8
20106.214.4
20096.214.3
20086.715
20077.615.1
20067.514
2005914.1
20049.614.2
200310.413.6
200210.612.7
2001–13.5
2000–13.9
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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