Afghanistan vs Tunisia
Afghanistan vs Tunisia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.55M in Afghanistan in 1977 and $1.35B in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1977 the value was higher in Tunisia, by $221M, or 27 times that in Afghanistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Tunisia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $1.35B |
| 2024 | – | $1.32B |
| 2023 | – | $1.29B |
| 2022 | – | $1.34B |
| 2021 | – | $1.41B |
| 2020 | – | $1.4B |
| 2019 | – | $1.34B |
| 2018 | – | $1.09B |
| 2017 | – | $1.08B |
| 2016 | – | $1.17B |
| 2015 | – | $1.1B |
| 2014 | – | $918M |
| 2013 | – | $769M |
| 2012 | – | $698M |
| 2011 | – | $691M |
| 2010 | – | $579M |
| 2009 | – | $558M |
| 2008 | – | $541M |
| 2007 | – | $498M |
| 2006 | – | $540M |
| 2005 | – | $512M |
| 2004 | – | $476M |
| 2003 | – | $467M |
| 2002 | – | $449M |
| 2001 | – | $453M |
| 2000 | – | $436M |
| 1999 | – | $418M |
| 1998 | – | $422M |
| 1997 | – | $414M |
| 1996 | – | $419M |
| 1995 | – | $364M |
| 1994 | – | $358M |
| 1993 | – | $346M |
| 1992 | – | $333M |
| 1991 | – | $331M |
| 1990 | – | $324M |
| 1989 | – | $352M |
| 1988 | – | $341M |
| 1987 | – | $295M |
| 1986 | – | $325M |
| 1985 | – | $379M |
| 1984 | – | $437M |
| 1983 | – | $639M |
| 1982 | – | $519M |
| 1981 | – | $344M |
| 1980 | – | $260M |
| 1979 | – | $244M |
| 1978 | – | $255M |
| 1977 | $8.55M | $229M |
| 1976 | $8.11M | $173M |
| 1975 | $6.36M | $150M |
| 1974 | $6.06M | $106M |
| 1973 | $6.23M | $104M |
| 1972 | – | $106M |
| 1971 | – | $94M |
| 1970 | $5.37M | $90.5M |
| 1969 | – | $70.8M |
| 1968 | – | $74.3M |
| 1967 | – | $66.2M |
| 1966 | – | $61.8M |
| 1965 | – | $58.9M |
| 1964 | – | $75M |
| 1963 | – | $62.2M |
| 1962 | – | $62M |
| 1961 | – | $81.3M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025