Egypt vs Pakistan
Egypt vs Pakistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.26B in Egypt and $11.5B in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by $9.22B, or 5.08 times that in Egypt.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Egypt.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 62 and Pakistan ranked 31 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.26B | $11.5B |
| 2024 | $2.4B | $10.3B |
| 2023 | $2.75B | $9.78B |
| 2022 | $3.38B | $11.2B |
| 2021 | $3.5B | $12B |
| 2020 | $3.24B | $11.5B |
| 2019 | $3B | $11.7B |
| 2018 | $2.89B | $11.8B |
| 2017 | $2.94B | $10.6B |
| 2016 | $3.49B | $9.66B |
| 2015 | $3.7B | $9.34B |
| 2014 | $3.49B | $8.6B |
| 2013 | $3.2B | $8.17B |
| 2012 | $3.22B | $7.9B |
| 2011 | $3.31B | $7.45B |
| 2010 | $3.41B | $7.07B |
| 2009 | $3.41B | $6.76B |
| 2008 | $3.52B | $6.56B |
| 2007 | $3.78B | $6.96B |
| 2006 | $3.75B | $6.91B |
| 2005 | $3.66B | $6.8B |
| 2004 | $3.67B | $6.53B |
| 2003 | $3.88B | $6.27B |
| 2002 | $3.8B | $5.87B |
| 2001 | $3.36B | $5.46B |
| 2000 | $2.79B | $5.1B |
| 1999 | $2.61B | $5.09B |
| 1998 | $2.6B | $5.04B |
| 1997 | $2.58B | $5.04B |
| 1996 | $2.52B | $5.27B |
| 1995 | $2.49B | $5.27B |
| 1994 | $2.53B | $5.18B |
| 1993 | $2.41B | $5.33B |
| 1992 | $2.49B | $5.36B |
| 1991 | $2.54B | $5.04B |
| 1990 | $2.52B | $4.71B |
| 1989 | $2.56B | $4.46B |
| 1988 | $3.18B | $4.45B |
| 1987 | $4.03B | $4.3B |
| 1986 | $4.75B | $3.93B |
| 1985 | $5.23B | $3.65B |
| 1984 | $5.22B | $3.36B |
| 1983 | $4.9B | $3.12B |
| 1982 | $4.37B | $2.8B |
| 1981 | $3.95B | $2.32B |
| 1980 | $3.27B | $2.14B |
| 1979 | $3.34B | $1.98B |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $5.44B | $1.76B |
| 1976 | $4.91B | $1.77B |
| 1975 | $4.74B | $1.75B |
| 1974 | $5B | $1.67B |
| 1973 | $3.76B | $1.68B |
| 1972 | $3.7B | $1.8B |
| 1971 | $4.48B | $1.6B |
| 1970 | $3.99B | $1.44B |
| 1969 | $3.37B | $1.32B |
| 1968 | $2.54B | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $1.96B | $1.18B |
| 1966 | $1.87B | $1.45B |
| 1965 | $2.18B | $1.24B |
| 1964 | $2.18B | $770M |
| 1963 | $1.69B | $683M |
| 1962 | $1.18B | $632M |
| 1961 | – | $660M |
| 1960 | – | $666M |
| 1959 | – | $640M |
| 1958 | – | $543M |
| 1957 | – | $523M |
| 1956 | – | $630M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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 importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025