Egypt vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.35 billion TIV, or 4.36 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	697 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	719 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	159 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	6 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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