Egypt vs Libya: Arms imports

Arms imports: 697 million TIV in Egypt in 2025 and 5 million TIV in Libya in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 123 million TIV, or 26 times that in Libya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Egypt has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Libya.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Libya	World
2025	697 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	5 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	34 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	–	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	0	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	34 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	2 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	–	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	–	27 billion
2013	719 million	119 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	8 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	37 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	22 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	1 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	6 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	–	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	11 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	218 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	9 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	184 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	401 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	746 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	730 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	1.42 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	2.75 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	3.16 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	2.95 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	3.07 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	4.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	3.05 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	1.85 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	1.65 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	1.77 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	733 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	534 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	540 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	371 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	152 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	57 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	12 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	26 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	9 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	15 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	3 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	2 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	14 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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