Egypt vs Vietnam
Egypt vs Vietnam: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024 and 10 million TIV in Vietnam in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 1987 the value was higher in Egypt, by 65 million TIV, or 6.91 times that in Vietnam.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- The world as a whole: 39.4 billion TIV in 1987.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 41 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 41 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 8 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 21 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 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 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 12 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 | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 81 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 81 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 76 million | 11 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 37 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 71 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 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 0 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025