Libya vs Tunisia
Libya vs Tunisia: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 5.5% of government spending in Libya in 2023 and 7.5% of government spending in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Libya.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Tunisia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 7.5 |
| 2024 | – | 7.3 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 2021 | – | 7.9 |
| 2020 | – | 7.9 |
| 2019 | – | 8.1 |
| 2018 | – | 6.9 |
| 2017 | – | 7.1 |
| 2016 | – | 8.2 |
| 2015 | – | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 10.9 | 6.5 |
| 2013 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | 8.2 | 5.1 |
| 2011 | – | 5.3 |
| 2010 | – | 5.2 |
| 2009 | – | 5 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 2000 | 10.3 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 11.5 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 14.2 | 6.6 |
| 1997 | 11.7 | 6.7 |
| 1996 | – | 6.7 |
| 1995 | – | 6.3 |
| 1994 | – | 6.4 |
| 1993 | – | 6.2 |
| 1992 | – | 6.3 |
| 1991 | – | 6.3 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Libya vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025