Libya vs Tunisia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Libya in 2024 and 7 million TIV in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 73 million TIV, or 16 times that in Libya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Libya.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Libya	Tunisia	World
2025	–	7 million	33.3 billion
2024	5 million	78 million	30.6 billion
2023	34 million	35 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	35 million	33 billion
2021	–	19 million	26.8 billion
2020	0	16 million	23.4 billion
2019	34 million	15 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	181 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	98 million	31.2 billion
2016	2 million	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	50 million	27 billion
2013	119 million	40 million	27.4 billion
2012	75 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	8 million	7 million	29.9 billion
2010	37 million	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	22 million	–	24 billion
2008	16 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2005	1 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	1 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	6 million	12 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	18 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	41 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	68 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	56 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	35 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	32 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	20 million	27.8 billion
1990	11 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	48 million	31.7 billion
1988	9 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	184 million	56 million	36.2 billion
1986	401 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	746 million	314 million	33.2 billion
1984	730 million	119 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.42 billion	103 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.75 billion	60 million	41.4 billion
1981	3.16 billion	56 million	42 billion
1980	2.95 billion	103 million	37.4 billion
1979	3.07 billion	122 million	33.3 billion
1978	4.22 billion	14 million	39.2 billion
1977	3.05 billion	73 million	37 billion
1976	1.85 billion	10 million	33 billion
1975	1.65 billion	14 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.77 billion	14 million	32.9 billion
1973	733 million	26 million	32.6 billion
1972	534 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	540 million	0	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	49 million	22.1 billion
1969	152 million	23 million	24.7 billion
1968	57 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	12 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1966	26 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	9 million	40 million	23.1 billion
1964	15 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	3 million	7 million	18.1 billion
1962	2 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	6 million	15 billion
1960	14 million	44 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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