Egypt vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 520 million TIV, or 3.94 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	697 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	719 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	164 million	103 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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