Syria vs Tunisia

Syria vs Tunisia: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010 and 7.5% of government spending in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 8.5 percentage points, or 2.64 times that in Tunisia.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Syria vs Tunisia: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 13.6% of government spending in Syria in 2010 and 7.5% of government spending in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 8.5 percentage points, or 2.64 times that in Tunisia.
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What the numbers say

  • Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearSyriaTunisia
2025–7.5
2024–7.3
2023–7
2022–7
2021–7.9
2020–7.9
2019–8.1
2018–6.9
2017–7.1
2016–8.2
2015–7.8
2014–6.5
2013–5.1
2012–5.1
2011–5.3
201013.65.2
200915.15
200815.55.2
200715.95.2
200616.56
200517.86
200417.75.9
200319.16
200217.45.9
200118.96
2000196.1
199920.76.2
199820.26.6
199720.36.7
199621.86.7
199523.46.3
199424.36.4
199324.66.2
199226.36.3
199130.46.3
199024.3–
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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.

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