Egypt vs United Kingdom
Egypt vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 882 million TIV, or 440 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 million | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 28 million | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 25 million | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 million | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 81 million | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 29 million | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 32 million | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 78 million | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 51 million | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 16 million | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 39 million | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 15 million | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 14 million | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 8 million | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 2.19 billion | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025