Egypt vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 664 million TIV, or 21 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	697 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	350 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	28 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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