Tunisia vs Yemen
Tunisia vs Yemen: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 7.5% of government spending in Tunisia in 2025 and 14.3% of government spending in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by 7.8 percentage points, or 2.19 times that in Tunisia.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 14.3 |
| 2013 | 5.1 | 13.3 |
| 2012 | 5.1 | 12.6 |
| 2011 | 5.3 | 16.5 |
| 2010 | 5.2 | 15.5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 16.1 |
| 2008 | 5.2 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11.5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13.2 |
| 2004 | 5.9 | 15.5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 19.4 |
| 2002 | 5.9 | 22.4 |
| 2001 | 6 | 18 |
| 2000 | 6.1 | 15.5 |
| 1999 | 6.2 | 18.3 |
| 1998 | 6.6 | 17.8 |
| 1997 | 6.7 | 17 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 17.2 |
| 1995 | 6.3 | 26.3 |
| 1994 | 6.4 | 33.4 |
| 1993 | 6.2 | 27.4 |
| 1992 | 6.3 | 29.6 |
| 1991 | 6.3 | 28.3 |
| 1990 | – | 24.6 |
- Estimate
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
Tunisia vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyTunisia: 76.5 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTunisia: 3.92% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateTunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthTunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTunisia: 70.7% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageTunisia: 32.1 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTunisia: 9.2% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateTunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsTunisia: $1.35B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personTunisia: $121 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Armed forces personnelTunisia: 48,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerTunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022