Egypt vs Japan
Egypt vs Japan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 28 million TIV in Japan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 19 million TIV, or 11 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Egypt.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 28 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 21 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 13 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 3 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 2 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 40 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | 25 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 165 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 million | 126 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 130 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 28 million | 122 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 101 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 54 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 25 million | 30 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | 15 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | 92 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | 44 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | 17 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 million | 17 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 81 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 29 million | 167 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 32 million | 11 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 78 million | 9 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 51 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 16 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 55 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 36 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 9 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 15 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 39 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 15 million | 31 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 14 million | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 14 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 8 million | 8 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 100 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | 61 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 1 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Japan
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025