Tunisia
Military spending in US dollars in Tunisia
Military spending in US dollars in Tunisia: $81.3M in 1961 and $1.35B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.35B
- Since 1961
- +$1.27B
- Rank, 2025
- 74 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.41B in 2021, the lowest $58.9M in 1965.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.35B |
| 2024 | $1.32B |
| 2023 | $1.29B |
| 2022 | $1.34B |
| 2021 | $1.41B |
| 2020 | $1.4B |
| 2019 | $1.34B |
| 2018 | $1.09B |
| 2017 | $1.08B |
| 2016 | $1.17B |
| 2015 | $1.1B |
| 2014 | $918M |
| 2013 | $769M |
| 2012 | $698M |
| 2011 | $691M |
| 2010 | $579M |
| 2009 | $558M |
| 2008 | $541M |
| 2007 | $498M |
| 2006 | $540M |
| 2005 | $512M |
| 2004 | $476M |
| 2003 | $467M |
| 2002 | $449M |
| 2001 | $453M |
| 2000 | $436M |
| 1999 | $418M |
| 1998 | $422M |
| 1997 | $414M |
| 1996 | $419M |
| 1995 | $364M |
| 1994 | $358M |
| 1993 | $346M |
| 1992 | $333M |
| 1991 | $331M |
| 1990 | $324M |
| 1989 | $352M |
| 1988 | $341M |
| 1987 | $295M |
| 1986 | $325M |
| 1985 | $379M |
| 1984 | $437M |
| 1983 | $639M |
| 1982 | $519M |
| 1981 | $344M |
| 1980 | $260M |
| 1979 | $244M |
| 1978 | $255M |
| 1977 | $229M |
| 1976 | $173M |
| 1975 | $150M |
| 1974 | $106M |
| 1973 | $104M |
| 1972 | $106M |
| 1971 | $94M |
| 1970 | $90.5M |
| 1969 | $70.8M |
| 1968 | $74.3M |
| 1967 | $66.2M |
| 1966 | $61.8M |
| 1965 | $58.9M |
| 1964 | $75M |
| 1963 | $62.2M |
| 1962 | $62M |
| 1961 | $81.3M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending2.5% of GDP 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