Egypt vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 171 million TIV, or 1.25 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 2024, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	697 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	420 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	–	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	–	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	–	15 billion
1960	164 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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