Egypt vs South Korea: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 2.6% of GDP in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 2 percentage points, or 4.29 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

EgyptSouth KoreaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 133 and South Korea ranked 34 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	South Korea
2025	0.61	2.6
2024	0.67	2.54
2023	0.81	2.6
2022	1.02	2.58
2021	1.12	2.62
2020	1.12	2.64
2019	1.18	2.52
2018	1.25	2.36
2017	1.42	2.3
2016	1.67	2.34
2015	1.72	2.38
2014	1.69	2.41
2013	1.61	2.39
2012	1.65	2.39
2011	1.84	2.37
2010	1.95	2.36
2009	2.03	2.5
2008	2.18	2.39
2007	2.38	2.27
2006	2.61	2.3
2005	2.71	2.28
2004	2.88	2.17
2003	3.18	2.18
2002	3.28	2.17
2001	2.99	2.28
2000	2.55	2.31
1999	2.57	2.49
1998	2.66	2.79
1997	2.84	2.66
1996	2.98	2.74
1995	3.08	2.89
1994	3.15	3.19
1993	3.1	3.42
1992	3.22	3.69
1991	3.61	3.71
1990	3.47	4
1989	3.97	4.29
1988	5.06	4.28
1987	6.53	4.47
1986	7.5	4.95
1985	7.86	5.23
1984	8.27	5.26
1983	7.96	5.73
1982	7.19	6.24
1981	7.42	6.42
1980	6.16	6.4
1979	6.47	5.53
1978	9.94	6.37
1977	13.11	6.04
1976	13.73	5.91
1975	15.43	4.88
1974	17.27	4.54
1973	13.51	4.04
1972	13.56	5.01
1971	17.19	4.74
1970	15.99	4.4
1969	14.34	4.69
1968	11.13	4.73
1967	8.91	4.69
1966	8.72	4.69
1965	10.12	4.41
1964	10.33	4.13
1963	8.67	4.82
1962	6.68	6.87
1961	–	6.73
1960	–	7.16
1959	–	7.64
1958	–	7.43
1957	–	6.8
1956	–	8.33
1955	–	6.24
1954	–	5.85
1953	–	2.36

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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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