Egypt vs Italy
Egypt vs Italy: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $21 in Egypt and $813 in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by $791, or 38 times that in Egypt.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 120 and Italy ranked 30 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21 | $813 |
| 2024 | $21 | $637 |
| 2023 | $28 | $596 |
| 2022 | $42 | $564 |
| 2021 | $47 | $586 |
| 2020 | $42 | $527 |
| 2019 | $35 | $419 |
| 2018 | $30 | $459 |
| 2017 | $27 | $416 |
| 2016 | $45 | $404 |
| 2015 | $56 | $359 |
| 2014 | $53 | $447 |
| 2013 | $46 | $494 |
| 2012 | $49 | $493 |
| 2011 | $50 | $561 |
| 2010 | $50 | $533 |
| 2009 | $46 | $570 |
| 2008 | $44 | $621 |
| 2007 | $40 | $543 |
| 2006 | $36 | $505 |
| 2005 | $33 | $509 |
| 2004 | $30 | $522 |
| 2003 | $31 | $466 |
| 2002 | $38 | $377 |
| 2001 | $38 | $341 |
| 2000 | $36 | $347 |
| 1999 | $35 | $367 |
| 1998 | $34 | $364 |
| 1997 | $33 | $353 |
| 1996 | $32 | $364 |
| 1995 | $30 | $298 |
| 1994 | $27 | $316 |
| 1993 | $25 | $319 |
| 1992 | $23 | $389 |
| 1991 | $23 | $378 |
| 1990 | $39 | $364 |
| 1989 | $63 | $310 |
| 1988 | $82 | $306 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 151 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 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 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 importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025