Egypt vs Poland

Egypt vs Poland: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 4.5% of GDP in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 3.89 percentage points, or 7.43 times that in Egypt.

% of GDP · SIPRI

Egypt vs Poland: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 4.5% of GDP in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 3.89 percentage points, or 7.43 times that in Egypt.
EgyptPolandSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Egypt.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 133 and Poland ranked 11 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEgyptPoland
20250.614.5
20240.673.76
20230.813.26
20221.022.21
20211.122.22
20201.122.26
20191.181.95
20181.252.03
20171.421.89
20161.671.94
20151.722.13
20141.691.91
20131.611.79
20121.651.8
20111.841.79
20101.951.84
20092.031.79
20082.181.75
20072.382
20062.611.91
20052.711.92
20042.881.87
20033.181.9
20023.281.89
20012.991.89
20002.551.82
19992.571.89
19982.661.99
19972.842
19962.981.92
19953.081.9
19943.152.27
19933.12.47
19923.222.23
19913.612.25
19903.472.61
19893.971.82
19885.062.59
19876.532.76
19867.52.94
19857.863.02
19848.273.06
19837.962.9
19827.193.25
19817.422.91
19806.162.65
19796.47–
19789.94–
197713.11–
197613.73–
197515.43–
197417.27–
197313.51–
197213.56–
197117.19–
197015.99–
196914.34–
196811.13–
19678.91–
19668.72–
196510.12–
196410.33–
19638.67–
19626.68–
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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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