Egypt vs Tunisia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 7 million TIV in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 690 million TIV, or 100 times that in Tunisia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Tunisia ranked 87 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	Tunisia	World
2025	697 million	7 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	78 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	35 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	35 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	19 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	16 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	15 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	181 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	98 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	40 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	7 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	–	24 billion
2008	326 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	1 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	12 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	18 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	41 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	68 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	56 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	35 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	32 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	20 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	48 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	56 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	314 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	119 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	103 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	60 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	56 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	103 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	122 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	14 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	73 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	14 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	14 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	26 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	0	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	49 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	23 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	5 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	–	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	40 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	7 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	6 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	44 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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