Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates
Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 81.7% of GDP in Tunisia and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 47.9 percentage points, or 2.41 times that in United Arab Emirates.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Tunisia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
- In 2025, Tunisia ranked 31 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tunisia at 88.7% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.7 | 33.9 |
| 2024 | 85.6 | 33.2 |
| 2023 | 84 | 31.9 |
| 2022 | 83 | 31.5 |
| 2021 | 79.7 | 35.7 |
| 2020 | 77.7 | 30.1 |
| 2019 | 67.3 | 25.8 |
| 2018 | 72.9 | 20.7 |
| 2017 | 67.1 | 21.2 |
| 2016 | 58.9 | 18.6 |
| 2015 | 52.4 | 15.6 |
| 2014 | 50.7 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 45.6 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | 49 | 20.2 |
| 2011 | 43.3 | 20.4 |
| 2010 | 38.8 | 18.3 |
| 2009 | 40.3 | 21.1 |
| 2008 | 41.4 | 8.9 |
| 2007 | 42.7 | 8.9 |
| 2006 | 45.7 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 50 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | 51.6 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 52.6 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 51.6 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 52.2 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | 62.9 | 3.1 |
| 1999 | 61.9 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 58.2 | – |
| 1997 | 66.6 | – |
| 1996 | 66.8 | – |
| 1995 | 65.6 | – |
| 1994 | 63.9 | – |
| 1993 | 63.8 | – |
| 1992 | 62.1 | – |
| 1991 | 63.3 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86.1 | 32.8 |
| 2027 | 89.8 | 30.8 |
| 2028 | 90.9 | 29 |
| 2029 | 90.8 | 27.4 |
| 2030 | 89.7 | 27 |
| 2031 | 88.7 | 26.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 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
Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyTunisia: 76.5 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTunisia: 3.92% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateTunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthTunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTunisia: 70.7% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageTunisia: 32.1 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTunisia: 9.2% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsTunisia: $1.35B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personTunisia: $121 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingTunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelTunisia: 48,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerTunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025