Egypt
Military share of state spending in Egypt
Military share of state spending in Egypt: 10.6% of government spending in 2002 and 2.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.5% of government spending
- Since 2002
- −8.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 128 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 4.2 |
| 2017 | 4.4 |
| 2016 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 4.7 |
| 2012 | 5.3 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | 6.7 |
| 2007 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 10.4 |
| 2002 | 10.6 |
- Highly uncertain
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per person$21 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel836,000 people in 2020
- National power1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2024