Egypt vs Russia
Egypt vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.99 billion TIV, or 1,000 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 million | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 28 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 25 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 81 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 29 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 32 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 78 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 51 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 16 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 39 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 15 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 14 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 8 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Russia
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025