Egypt vs Spain
Egypt vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 460 million TIV, or 2.94 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Spain ranked 33 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 128 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.15 billion | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 742 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.3 billion | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.4 billion | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.09 billion | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.64 billion | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.48 billion | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.65 billion | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.44 billion | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 430 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 719 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 308 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 653 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 689 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 95 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 326 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 660 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 695 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 833 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 660 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 633 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 717 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 824 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 833 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 517 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 483 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.05 billion | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 969 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.7 billion | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.26 billion | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 973 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 887 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 563 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 319 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 449 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.63 billion | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.47 billion | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 955 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.51 billion | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.7 billion | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.51 billion | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.2 billion | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.02 billion | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 631 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 136 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 410 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 159 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 566 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.11 billion | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.61 billion | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 3.26 billion | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.98 billion | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.98 billion | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.24 billion | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.28 billion | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2.24 billion | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1.54 billion | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 962 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 851 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 741 million | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 544 million | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 million | 214 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025