Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 7 million TIV in Tunisia and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 861 million TIV, or 120 times that in Tunisia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Tunisia.
In 2025, Tunisia ranked 87 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	7 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	78 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	35 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	35 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	19 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	16 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	15 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	181 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	98 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	7 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	40 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	–	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	7 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	7 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	604 million	24 billion
2008	3 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	2 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	1 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	44 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	12 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	18 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	41 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	68 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	56 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	35 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	32 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	20 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	48 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	56 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	314 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	119 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	103 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	60 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	103 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	122 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	14 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	73 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	14 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	14 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	26 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	0	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	49 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	23 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	17 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	5 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	40 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	7 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	6 million	–	15 billion
1960	44 million	–	15.7 billion

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Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsTunisia: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022