Iraq vs Tunisia
Iraq vs Tunisia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $6.4B in Iraq and $1.35B in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iraq, by $5.05B, or 4.74 times that in Tunisia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
- In 2025, Iraq ranked 40 and Tunisia ranked 74 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.4B | $1.35B |
| 2024 | $6.34B | $1.32B |
| 2023 | $5.07B | $1.29B |
| 2022 | $4.82B | $1.34B |
| 2021 | $5.11B | $1.41B |
| 2020 | $5.3B | $1.4B |
| 2019 | $7.14B | $1.34B |
| 2018 | $5.89B | $1.09B |
| 2017 | $6.93B | $1.08B |
| 2016 | $5.58B | $1.17B |
| 2015 | $8.92B | $1.1B |
| 2014 | $6.51B | $918M |
| 2013 | $7.48B | $769M |
| 2012 | $4.06B | $698M |
| 2011 | $4.46B | $691M |
| 2010 | $4.14B | $579M |
| 2009 | $3.68B | $558M |
| 2008 | $3.86B | $541M |
| 2007 | $2.92B | $498M |
| 2006 | $1.91B | $540M |
| 2005 | $2.66B | $512M |
| 2004 | $1.97B | $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 | $1.99B | $255M |
| 1977 | $2.1B | $229M |
| 1976 | $2.01B | $173M |
| 1975 | $2.05B | $150M |
| 1974 | $2.02B | $106M |
| 1973 | $1.03B | $104M |
| 1972 | $828M | $106M |
| 1971 | $856M | $94M |
| 1970 | $843M | $90.5M |
| 1969 | $824M | $70.8M |
| 1968 | $676M | $74.3M |
| 1967 | $556M | $66.2M |
| 1966 | $575M | $61.8M |
| 1965 | $563M | $58.9M |
| 1964 | $460M | $75M |
| 1963 | $405M | $62.2M |
| 1962 | $349M | $62M |
| 1961 | $328M | $81.3M |
| 1960 | $313M | – |
| 1959 | $273M | – |
| 1958 | $233M | – |
| 1957 | $217M | – |
- 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
Iraq vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025