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Conflicting Estimates of Egypt's Military Economy

The gap between 2% officially and 40% externally reflects absent data, not differing analysis

"Al-Sisi said 2%, while external estimates range from 10% to 40% — the difference is not a disagreement on analysis but an absence of data that makes any figure unverifiable"

⚠ Why can no figure be verified?

Military companies do not publish their budgets, the national budget lists them as a single undisclosed figure, and no independent oversight body has access to their accounts

Source: Al-Sisi statement at Abu Rawash factory, Dec. 2016 / Al Jazeera English 2013