Egypt vs Jordan
Egypt vs Jordan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 697 million TIV in Egypt in 2025 and 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 94 million TIV, or 3.76 times that in Jordan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Jordan.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | 34 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 22 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 50 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 148 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 170 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 363 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 243 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 228 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 194 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | 72 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | 185 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | 211 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 87 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | 230 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 157 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 180 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 50 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 79 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 168 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | 281 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 132 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 160 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 139 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 63 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 248 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.05 billion | 77 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 969 million | 75 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.7 billion | 19 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 24 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | 16 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | 74 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 243 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | 133 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 206 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 292 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 629 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | 634 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 1.06 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 401 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 359 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 256 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 576 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 457 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | 383 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 372 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 132 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 56 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 87 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | 147 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | 173 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | 48 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | 126 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | 95 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | 56 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 33 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 39 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | 66 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | 26 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 53 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 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 exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024