Egypt vs Jordan
Egypt vs Jordan: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2024: 2 million TIV in Egypt and 226 million TIV in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Jordan, by 224 million TIV, or 110 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Egypt.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 226 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | 53 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | 74 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 66 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 2 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 80 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 18 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | 16 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | 114 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 35 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 117 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 28 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 13 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 13 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 22 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 19 million | 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 | 6 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 65 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 28 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 25 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | 64 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | 7 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | 7 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | 2 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 million | 76 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 81 million | 1 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 29 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 32 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 78 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 51 million | 18 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 16 million | 50 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 23 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 22 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 36 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 39 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 15 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 14 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 8 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 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 Jordan
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Jordan: $2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024