Tunisia vs Yemen
Tunisia vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending: 2.5% of GDP in Tunisia in 2025 and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by 2.16 percentage points, or 2.2 times that in Tunisia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | – |
| 2024 | 2.5 | – |
| 2023 | 2.51 | – |
| 2022 | 2.55 | – |
| 2021 | 2.62 | – |
| 2020 | 2.71 | – |
| 2019 | 2.38 | – |
| 2018 | 1.98 | – |
| 2017 | 2.03 | – |
| 2016 | 2.23 | – |
| 2015 | 2.14 | – |
| 2014 | 1.81 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 1.56 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 1.44 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 1.49 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 1.24 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 1.3 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 1.29 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 1.26 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 1.45 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 1.45 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 1.43 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 1.48 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 1.49 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 1.52 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 1.55 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 1.56 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 1.68 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 1.73 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | 1.87 | 5.28 |
| 1995 | 1.75 | 6.35 |
| 1994 | 1.74 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 1.73 | 7.06 |
| 1992 | 1.71 | 7.28 |
| 1991 | 1.83 | 7.01 |
| 1990 | 1.84 | 6.55 |
| 1989 | 2.12 | – |
| 1988 | 2.1 | – |
| 1987 | 1.82 | – |
| 1986 | 2.09 | – |
| 1985 | 2.34 | – |
| 1984 | 2.76 | – |
| 1983 | 4.17 | – |
| 1982 | 3.69 | – |
| 1981 | 2.48 | – |
| 1980 | 2.03 | – |
| 1979 | 2.24 | – |
| 1978 | 2.49 | – |
| 1977 | 2.38 | – |
| 1976 | 1.86 | – |
| 1975 | 1.74 | – |
| 1974 | 1.31 | – |
| 1973 | 1.4 | – |
| 1972 | 1.42 | – |
| 1971 | 1.48 | – |
| 1970 | 1.56 | – |
| 1969 | 1.31 | – |
| 1968 | 1.44 | – |
| 1967 | 1.42 | – |
| 1966 | 1.32 | – |
| 1965 | 1.29 | – |
| 1964 | 1.74 | – |
| 1963 | 1.51 | – |
| 1962 | 1.73 | – |
| 1961 | 2.22 | – |
| 1960 | 2.01 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
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 spending in US dollarsTunisia: $1.35B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personTunisia: $121 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingTunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending 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