Egypt vs Italy
Egypt vs Italy: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 131 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Italy.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Italy ranked 18 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 | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | 566 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | 494 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 425 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 237 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | 211 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 201 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 178 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 275 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 709 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 734 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 237 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 127 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | 189 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | 286 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | 94 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 159 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 467 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 384 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 136 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 490 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | 617 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 240 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 234 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 278 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 56 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.05 billion | 474 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 969 million | 265 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.7 billion | 322 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion | 180 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | 205 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | 192 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 210 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | 155 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | 196 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | 183 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 198 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 205 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 273 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | 303 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 241 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 129 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 468 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 591 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 682 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 517 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | 711 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 1.02 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 1.12 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 1.02 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 1.77 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 1.1 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | 611 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | 196 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | 107 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | 412 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | 736 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 1.14 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 1.22 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | 886 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | 427 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 409 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 Italy
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025