Egypt vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 127 million TIV, or 1.18 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Netherlands ranked 12 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	Netherlands	World
2025	697 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	755 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	255 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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