Egypt vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 117 million TIV, or 60 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	2 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	4 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	41 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	41 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	–	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	8 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	–	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	–	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	–	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	21 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	–	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	–	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	–	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.5 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	5 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	5 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	12 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	–	23 billion
1993	28 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	15 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	28.2 billion
1990	25 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	81 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	81 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	76 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	5 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	37 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	71 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	81 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	71 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	29 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	32 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	78 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	51 million	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	16 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	–	36.3 billion
1972	–	–	34.5 billion
1971	–	–	32.9 billion
1970	39 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	15 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	26 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	15 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	14 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	1 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	8 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	7 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	0	–	16.4 billion
1960	0	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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