Egypt vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.47 billion TIV, or 3.11 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	697 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	–	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	804 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	566 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	889 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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