Egypt - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Egypt was 4,505,375,000 as of 2020. Over the past 58 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,475,491,000 in 2015 and 249,697,800 in 1962.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1962 249,697,800
1963 335,799,700
1964 448,499,600
1965 515,199,600
1966 481,849,600
1967 508,299,600
1968 648,599,400
1969 888,949,200
1970 1,092,499,000
1971 1,266,149,000
1972 1,066,049,000
1973 1,243,856,000
1974 1,852,779,000
1975 1,926,891,000
1976 2,201,613,000
1977 2,751,058,000
1978 2,485,280,000
1979 1,152,856,000
1980 1,361,427,000
1981 1,817,140,000
1982 2,307,140,000
1983 3,004,281,000
1984 3,742,138,000
1985 4,203,565,000
1986 4,727,136,000
1987 4,805,707,000
1988 4,453,565,000
1989 3,516,345,000
1990 2,260,645,000
1991 1,345,757,000
1992 1,415,820,000
1993 1,526,165,000
1994 1,714,410,000
1995 1,948,877,000
1996 2,115,743,000
1997 2,267,650,000
1998 2,372,048,000
1999 2,447,979,000
2000 2,627,698,000
2001 2,834,256,000
2002 2,902,768,000
2003 2,383,915,000
2004 2,369,744,000
2005 2,659,440,000
2006 2,952,520,000
2007 3,306,908,000
2008 3,779,880,000
2009 4,017,404,000
2010 4,407,286,000
2011 4,463,974,000
2012 4,557,749,000
2013 4,359,834,000
2014 5,085,122,000
2015 5,475,491,000
2016 4,513,022,000
2017 2,765,588,000
2018 3,119,587,000
2019 3,743,672,000
2020 4,505,375,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Egypt was 62,852,500,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62,852,500,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 101,000,000 in 1962.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1962 101,000,000
1963 146,000,000
1964 195,000,000
1965 224,000,000
1966 209,500,000
1967 221,000,000
1968 282,000,000
1969 386,500,000
1970 475,000,000
1971 550,500,000
1972 463,500,000
1973 495,000,000
1974 725,000,000
1975 754,000,000
1976 861,500,000
1977 1,076,500,000
1978 972,500,000
1979 807,000,000
1980 953,000,000
1981 1,272,000,000
1982 1,615,000,000
1983 2,103,000,000
1984 2,619,500,000
1985 2,942,500,000
1986 3,309,000,000
1987 3,364,000,000
1988 3,117,500,000
1989 3,047,500,000
1990 3,504,000,000
1991 4,223,000,000
1992 4,703,000,000
1993 5,116,500,000
1994 5,803,500,000
1995 6,611,000,000
1996 7,175,500,000
1997 7,684,500,000
1998 8,036,500,000
1999 8,311,500,000
2000 9,123,500,000
2001 11,260,500,000
2002 13,061,500,000
2003 13,948,000,000
2004 14,683,500,000
2005 15,368,450,000
2006 16,927,300,000
2007 18,635,850,000
2008 20,534,200,000
2009 22,274,700,000
2010 24,777,500,000
2011 26,484,000,000
2012 27,602,000,000
2013 29,953,500,000
2014 35,990,500,000
2015 42,112,000,000
2016 45,155,000,000
2017 49,344,500,000
2018 55,466,000,000
2019 62,852,500,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Egypt was 1.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 17.27 in 1974, while its lowest value was 1.18 in 2019.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1962 6.68
1963 8.66
1964 10.33
1965 10.12
1966 8.72
1967 8.91
1968 11.13
1969 14.34
1970 15.99
1971 17.19
1972 13.56
1973 13.51
1974 17.27
1975 15.43
1976 13.73
1977 13.11
1978 9.94
1979 6.47
1980 6.16
1981 7.42
1982 7.19
1983 7.96
1984 8.27
1985 7.86
1986 7.50
1987 6.53
1988 5.06
1989 3.97
1990 3.47
1991 3.61
1992 3.22
1993 3.10
1994 3.15
1995 3.08
1996 2.97
1997 2.84
1998 2.66
1999 2.57
2000 2.55
2001 2.99
2002 3.28
2003 3.18
2004 2.88
2005 2.71
2006 2.61
2007 2.38
2008 2.18
2009 2.03
2010 1.95
2011 1.84
2012 1.65
2013 1.61
2014 1.69
2015 1.72
2016 1.67
2017 1.42
2018 1.25
2019 1.18
2020 1.22

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Egypt was 4.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 10.60 in 2002, while its lowest value was 4.15 in 2018.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
2002 10.60
2003 10.37
2004 9.55
2005 8.95
2006 7.55
2007 7.61
2008 6.67
2009 6.25
2010 6.23
2011 6.01
2012 5.34
2013 4.65
2014 4.74
2015 5.23
2016 5.09
2017 4.42
2018 4.15
2019 4.29
2020 4.59

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade