Egypt vs Norway: Military spending as a share of GDP
Egypt
1.2%
in 2019
Norway
1.3%
in 2019
Egypt rank
93rd
Norway rank
91st
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Egypt
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1.3% against 1.2% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1937 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 93rd and Norway ranks 91st of 172 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 8 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Egypt |
| 1940s | 1.7% | 2.6% | 0.9% | Norway |
| 1950s | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 7.0% | 1.7% | 5.3% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 13.3% | 1.9% | 11.4% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 1.7% | 4.4% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Egypt or Norway?
- Norway, at 1.3% against 1.2% in Egypt as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Egypt and Norway?
- 0.1%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Norway?
- 79 years are reported by both, from 1937 to 2019.
- How do Egypt and Norway rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Egypt ranks 93rd and Norway ranks 91st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).