Egypt vs Italy: National power

National power in 2022: 1.18% of world capability in Egypt and 0.96% of world capability in Italy, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.22 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Italy.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Italy.
In 2022, Egypt ranked 16 and Italy ranked 22 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Egypt	Italy
2022	1.18	0.96
2021	1.21	1.04
2020	1.18	0.98
2019	1.16	1.01
2018	1.16	1.07
2017	1.15	1.06
2016	1	1.14
2015	1.01	1.13
2014	1	1.14
2013	1	1.19
2012	0.99	1.28
2011	1.01	1.36
2010	1.01	1.38
2009	1.02	1.46
2008	1.03	1.53
2007	1.05	1.69
2006	1.05	1.72
2005	1.04	1.78
2004	1.01	1.8
2003	1	1.82
2002	1.01	1.81
2001	0.98	1.69
2000	0.96	1.71
1999	0.92	1.88
1998	0.93	1.96
1997	0.89	1.91
1996	0.89	1.92
1995	0.88	1.93
1994	0.88	1.86
1993	0.87	2.01
1992	0.88	1.99
1991	0.85	1.93
1990	0.8	1.87
1989	0.86	1.86
1988	0.87	1.75
1987	0.84	1.74
1986	0.82	1.74
1985	0.8	1.74
1984	0.8	1.79
1983	0.79	1.79
1982	0.76	1.91
1981	0.76	1.89
1980	0.75	2
1979	0.76	1.96
1978	0.82	1.98
1977	0.82	1.98
1976	0.85	1.97
1975	0.87	1.99
1974	0.89	2.11
1973	0.87	2.13
1972	0.81	2.14
1971	0.75	2.06
1970	0.69	2.04
1969	0.67	2.05
1968	0.64	2.12
1967	0.65	2.13
1966	0.65	2.09
1965	0.66	2.11
1964	0.6	2.06
1963	0.57	2.05
1962	0.64	2
1961	0.64	2
1960	0.63	1.82
1959	0.63	1.78
1958	0.53	1.82
1957	0.52	1.82
1956	0.52	1.78
1955	0.52	1.76
1954	0.52	1.82
1953	0.51	1.73
1952	0.51	1.77
1951	0.54	1.81
1950	0.55	1.75
1949	0.56	1.86
1948	0.54	1.93
1947	0.53	1.82
1946	0.58	1.83
1945	0.53	1.28
1944	0.54	1.4
1943	0.54	2.19
1942	0.52	3.52
1941	0.51	2.01
1940	0.43	2.95
1939	0.41	2.7
1938	0.43	3.19
1937	0.41	3.87
1936	–	3.93
1935	–	5.12
1934	–	3.51
1933	–	3.72
1932	–	3.67
1931	–	3.29
1930	–	3.21
1929	–	3.21
1928	–	3.25
1927	–	3.47
1926	–	3.22
1925	–	3.11
1924	–	3.49
1923	–	2.91
1922	–	3.35
1921	–	3.52
1920	–	3.53
1919	–	4.5
1918	–	3.33
1917	–	3.23
1916	–	3.45
1915	–	3.4
1914	–	2.57
1913	–	3.35
1912	–	3.92
1911	–	3.33
1910	–	3.06
1909	–	2.98
1908	–	2.94
1907	–	2.79
1906	–	2.83
1905	–	2.52
1904	–	2.81
1903	–	2.9
1902	–	2.85
1901	–	2.79
1900	–	2.82
1899	–	2.89
1898	–	3.1
1897	–	3.09
1896	–	3.17
1895	–	3.45
1894	–	3.19
1893	–	3.41
1892	–	3.41
1891	–	3.56
1890	–	3.65
1889	–	3.81
1888	–	4.11
1887	–	3.92
1886	–	3.66
1885	–	3.66
1884	–	3.66
1883	–	3.49
1882	0.41	3.24
1881	0.48	3.22
1880	0.49	3.22
1879	0.55	3.14
1878	0.57	3.15
1877	0.61	3.02
1876	0.62	3.07
1875	0.53	3.31
1874	0.53	3.29
1873	0.53	3.32
1872	0.64	3.36
1871	0.51	3.53
1870	0.54	3.13
1869	0.79	3.37
1868	0.64	3.67
1867	0.63	4.07
1866	0.64	5
1865	0.62	3.44
1864	0.63	3.58
1863	0.65	3.51
1862	0.66	3.4
1861	0.64	–
1860	0.66	–
1859	0.88	–
1858	0.89	–
1857	0.88	–
1856	0.9	–
1855	0.91	–

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The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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