Algeria vs Tunisia
Algeria vs Tunisia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $24.1B in Algeria and $1.35B in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by $22.8B, or 18 times that in Tunisia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1969.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 20 and Tunisia ranked 74 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24.1B | $1.35B |
| 2024 | $21.8B | $1.32B |
| 2023 | $19.3B | $1.29B |
| 2022 | $11B | $1.34B |
| 2021 | $11.4B | $1.41B |
| 2020 | $12.2B | $1.4B |
| 2019 | $12.5B | $1.34B |
| 2018 | $11.6B | $1.09B |
| 2017 | $12.1B | $1.08B |
| 2016 | $12.8B | $1.17B |
| 2015 | $12.7B | $1.1B |
| 2014 | $12.2B | $918M |
| 2013 | $10.6B | $769M |
| 2012 | $9.78B | $698M |
| 2011 | $9.3B | $691M |
| 2010 | $6.5B | $579M |
| 2009 | $6.14B | $558M |
| 2008 | $5.65B | $541M |
| 2007 | $4.85B | $498M |
| 2006 | $4.13B | $540M |
| 2005 | $4.03B | $512M |
| 2004 | $3.85B | $476M |
| 2003 | $3.39B | $467M |
| 2002 | $3.46B | $449M |
| 2001 | $3.39B | $453M |
| 2000 | $3.1B | $436M |
| 1999 | $2.67B | $418M |
| 1998 | $2.53B | $422M |
| 1997 | $2.39B | $414M |
| 1996 | $1.98B | $419M |
| 1995 | $1.74B | $364M |
| 1994 | $1.8B | $358M |
| 1993 | $1.48B | $346M |
| 1992 | $1.38B | $333M |
| 1991 | $822M | $331M |
| 1990 | $803M | $324M |
| 1989 | $752M | $352M |
| 1988 | $769M | $341M |
| 1987 | $777M | $295M |
| 1986 | $762M | $325M |
| 1985 | $775M | $379M |
| 1984 | $827M | $437M |
| 1983 | $880M | $639M |
| 1982 | $876M | $519M |
| 1981 | $759M | $344M |
| 1980 | $854M | $260M |
| 1979 | $751M | $244M |
| 1978 | $759M | $255M |
| 1977 | $700M | $229M |
| 1976 | $803M | $173M |
| 1975 | $576M | $150M |
| 1974 | $517M | $106M |
| 1973 | $270M | $104M |
| 1972 | $260M | $106M |
| 1971 | $269M | $94M |
| 1970 | $274M | $90.5M |
| 1969 | $293M | $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
- Highly uncertain
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
Algeria vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025