Egypt vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 640 million TIV, or 12 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Sudan	World
2025	697 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	203 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	–	33 billion
1975	566 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	17 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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