Egypt vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 551 million TIV, or 4.77 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Sweden	World
2025	697 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	495 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	227 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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