Tunisia
Military spending in Tunisia
Military spending in Tunisia: 2.01% of GDP in 1960 and 2.5% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.5% of GDP
- Since 1960
- +0.49 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 37 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.17% of GDP in 1983, the lowest 1.24% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2013 | 1.56 |
| 2012 | 1.44 |
| 2011 | 1.49 |
| 2010 | 1.24 |
| 2009 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 1.29 |
| 2007 | 1.26 |
| 2006 | 1.45 |
| 2005 | 1.45 |
| 2004 | 1.43 |
| 2003 | 1.48 |
| 2002 | 1.49 |
| 2001 | 1.52 |
| 2000 | 1.55 |
| 1999 | 1.56 |
| 1998 | 1.68 |
| 1997 | 1.73 |
| 1996 | 1.87 |
| 1995 | 1.75 |
| 1994 | 1.74 |
| 1993 | 1.73 |
| 1992 | 1.71 |
| 1991 | 1.83 |
| 1990 | 1.84 |
| 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
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.
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- Military spending in US dollars$1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per person$121 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel48,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2025