Egypt vs Libya

Egypt vs Libya: Arms exports

Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 0 TIV in Libya in 2016, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Egypt, by 2 million TIV, or 1.67 times that in Libya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Egypt vs Libya: Arms exportsArms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 0 TIV in Libya in 2016, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Egypt, by 2 million TIV, or 1.67 times that in Libya.
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What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Libya.
  • The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEgyptLibyaWorld
2025––33.5 billion
20242 million–30.7 billion
20234 million–29.5 billion
202241 million–33.3 billion
202141 million–27.1 billion
2020––24.1 billion
20198 million–27 billion
2018––27.4 billion
2017––31.3 billion
2016–031.5 billion
201521 million–28.7 billion
20147 million–27.1 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011–029.9 billion
2010–27 million25.8 billion
2009–32 million24.4 billion
2008–17 million24.1 billion
2007–9 million26.5 billion
2006–18 million24.5 billion
2005–113 million21.4 billion
2004–113 million21.3 billion
2003–16 million19.2 billion
2002–21 million17.7 billion
2001––18.5 billion
2000––20.5 billion
1999––25.4 billion
1998–10 million27.9 billion
19975 million3 million28.9 billion
19965 million–23.7 billion
199512 million–22.9 billion
199417 million3 million23 billion
199328 million–25.8 billion
199215 million–24.3 billion
1991––28.2 billion
199025 million36 million30.2 billion
198981 million7 million34.9 billion
198881 million64 million36.8 billion
198776 million13 million39.4 billion
198619 million9 million39 billion
19855 million31 million38.2 billion
198437 million9 million41.6 billion
198371 million64 million43.9 billion
198281 million169 million46.2 billion
198171 million107 million45.8 billion
198029 million95 million42.2 billion
197932 million395 million38.4 billion
197878 million8 million42.4 billion
197751 million–40 billion
1976–4 million36 billion
197516 million26 million37.2 billion
1974––36.6 billion
1973–036.3 billion
1972–034.5 billion
1971––32.9 billion
197039 million–25.3 billion
196915 million–28.1 billion
196826 million–26.1 billion
196715 million–25.6 billion
196614 million–25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
19641 million–26.7 billion
19638 million–20.3 billion
19627 million–17.5 billion
19610–16.4 billion
19600–17.6 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.

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