MilitaryCompare / Egypt vs Sweden
Egypt vs Sweden
Egypt ranks #13 and Sweden ranks #23 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Egypt spends $5.7B on defense with 438K active personnel; Sweden spends $16.5B with 15K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #13 | Global Rank | #23 |
| $5.7B | Defense Budget | $16.5B |
| 1.2% | Budget % of GDP | 2.5% |
| $365B | GDP | $669B |
| 118.37M | Population | 10.60M |
| Personnel | ||
| 438K | Active Personnel | 15K |
| 479K | Reserve Personnel | 22K |
| 397K | Paramilitary | 0 |
| Air | ||
| 870 | Military Aircraft | 257 |
| 329 | Combat Aircraft | 73 |
| 329 | Fighter Jets | 73 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 271 | Helicopters | 53 |
| 104 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 10 | Military Drones (UAV) | 71 |
| Land | ||
| 2,446 | Main Battle Tanks | 111 |
| 690 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 224 |
| 5,417 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 734 |
| 1,429 | Artillery Systems | 30 |
| Naval | ||
| 8 | Submarines | 5 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 2 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Egypt leads in 15 of the 17 measured categories, Sweden in 2. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.