Libya vs Tunisia
Libya vs Tunisia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.6B in Libya in 2023 and $1.35B in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by $306M, or 1.24 times that in Tunisia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Tunisia.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $1.35B |
| 2024 | – | $1.32B |
| 2023 | $1.6B | $1.29B |
| 2022 | $1.26B | $1.34B |
| 2021 | – | $1.41B |
| 2020 | – | $1.4B |
| 2019 | – | $1.34B |
| 2018 | – | $1.09B |
| 2017 | – | $1.08B |
| 2016 | – | $1.17B |
| 2015 | – | $1.1B |
| 2014 | $2.18B | $918M |
| 2013 | $2.36B | $769M |
| 2012 | $1.81B | $698M |
| 2011 | – | $691M |
| 2010 | – | $579M |
| 2009 | – | $558M |
| 2008 | $831M | $541M |
| 2007 | $550M | $498M |
| 2006 | $584M | $540M |
| 2005 | $664M | $512M |
| 2004 | $674M | $476M |
| 2003 | $516M | $467M |
| 2002 | $415M | $449M |
| 2001 | $323M | $453M |
| 2000 | $330M | $436M |
| 1999 | $308M | $418M |
| 1998 | $399M | $422M |
| 1997 | $354M | $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 | $363M | $519M |
| 1981 | $315M | $344M |
| 1980 | $675M | $260M |
| 1979 | $588M | $244M |
| 1978 | $473M | $255M |
| 1977 | $402M | $229M |
| 1976 | $291M | $173M |
| 1975 | $270M | $150M |
| 1974 | $442M | $106M |
| 1973 | $333M | $104M |
| 1972 | $268M | $106M |
| 1971 | $347M | $94M |
| 1970 | $336M | $90.5M |
| 1969 | $188M | $70.8M |
| 1968 | $138M | $74.3M |
| 1967 | $115M | $66.2M |
| 1966 | $90.9M | $61.8M |
| 1965 | $50.7M | $58.9M |
| 1964 | $41.7M | $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
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 per personLibya: $216 in 2023Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending 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