Egypt vs Pakistan
Egypt vs Pakistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 9 million TIV, or 1.01 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Egypt.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | 706 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | 1.07 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 2.2 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 1.53 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | 984 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 624 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 654 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 893 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 870 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 872 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 771 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 877 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | 1.11 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | 1.02 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | 1.18 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 2.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | 1.2 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 1.07 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 693 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 324 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 427 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 471 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | 645 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 566 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 412 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 175 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 867 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 699 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.05 billion | 691 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 969 million | 506 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.7 billion | 368 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion | 862 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | 992 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | 352 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 511 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | 635 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | 974 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 412 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | 617 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 280 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 751 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 863 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | 784 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 544 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 491 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 900 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 697 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 655 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 271 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | 276 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 223 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 225 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 177 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 664 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 553 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | 422 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | 542 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | 415 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | 151 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | 592 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | 222 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 96 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 225 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | 84 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | 41 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 46 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025