Egypt vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 695 million TIV, or 350 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Syria	World
2025	697 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	–	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	–	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	38 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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