Egypt vs Philippines

Egypt vs Philippines: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 1.3% of GDP in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 0.69 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Egypt vs Philippines: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 1.3% of GDP in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 0.69 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Egypt.
EgyptPhilippinesSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Philippines has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Egypt.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 133 and Philippines ranked 96 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEgyptPhilippines
20250.611.3
20240.671.19
20230.811.18
20221.021.32
20211.121.41
20201.121.3
20191.181.13
20181.251.18
20171.421.17
20161.671.05
20151.721.09
20141.691.04
20131.611.19
20121.651.11
20111.841.15
20101.951.17
20092.031.2
20082.181.25
20072.381.29
20062.611.26
20052.711.28
20042.881.36
20033.181.55
20023.281.47
20012.991.47
20002.551.61
19992.571.62
19982.661.7
19972.841.91
19962.982.27
19953.082.29
19943.152.17
19933.12.16
19923.222.04
19913.612.01
19903.472.15
19893.972.24
19885.062.46
19876.531.97
19867.51.99
19857.861.98
19848.271.64
19837.962.41
19827.192.6
19817.422.76
19806.162.71
19796.472.97
19789.942.58
197713.113.62
197613.733.93
197515.43–
197417.273.56
197313.512.81
197213.562.34
197117.192.07
197015.992.16
196914.342.09
196811.131.87
19678.911.74
19668.721.65
196510.121.55
196410.331.71
19638.671.86
19626.681.81
1961–1.7
1960–1.78
1959–1.84
1958–1.96
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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