Egypt
Global Firepower rank #19 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.3651 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI publishes no spending figure for Egypt; Global Firepower estimates its defense budget at $5.2 billion. It has no nuclear weapons of its own.
People and money
- Military spending
- $5.2B*
- Active personnel
- 439K
- Reserves
- 479K
- Paramilitary
- 300K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 3,620
- Armored vehicles
- 55K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 1,056
- Towed artillery
- 962
- Rocket artillery
- 648
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 1,088
- Fighters
- 242
- Attack aircraft
- 90
- Helicopters
- 348
- Attack helicopters
- 100
- Tankers
- 0
- Transports
- 53
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 149
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 2
- Submarines
- 8
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 13
- Corvettes
- 7
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 0
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Egypt with
Australia 路 Brazil 路 China 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Iran 路 Israel 路 Italy 路 Japan 路 North Korea 路 Pakistan 路 Poland 路 Russia 路 Saudi Arabia 路 South Korea 路 Spain 路 Taiwan 路 Turkey 路 Ukraine 路 United Kingdom 路 United States
Last updated 2026-10-27. Sources: Global Firepower 2026 (personnel, equipment counts, powerindex), SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026) (military spending, share of gdp), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces (nuclear warheads (jan 2026)).