Egypt vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 697 million TIV in Egypt in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1.12 billion TIV, or 35 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Egypt has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Switzerland	World
2025	697 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	289 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	218 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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