Military Expenditures (As % of Government Expenditure) in Egypt

Military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 5.28 % in 2015 in the Egypt, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 0.826 % less than in the previous year.

Historically, military expenditures as a share of government expenditure in Egypt reached an all time high of 15.2 % in 1990 and an all time low of 4.76 % in 2013. When compared to Egypt's main peers, military expenditures as a share of government expenditure in Israel amounted to 13.2 % and 27.4 % in Saudi Arabia in 2015.

Egypt has been ranked 62nd within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditures as a share of government expenditure, 13 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.

Military expenditure is derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditure on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces, defence ministries and other government agencies engaged in defence projects, paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations, and military space activities.