Tunisia's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 7 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged at from 7 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 16 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 314 million | 1985 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1971 |
| Average since 2016 | 52.7 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 44 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Tunisia's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 71 million on 2024 (from 78 million to 7 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2024), the average change was −866,667 and a typical year strayed about 64.76 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 195 million in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 166 million in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Tunisia had the 86th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 7 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 5.14 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Tunisia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 56 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,000,000 |
| 2024 | 78,000,000 |
| 2023 | 35,000,000 |
| 2022 | 35,000,000 |
| 2021 | 19,000,000 |
| 2020 | 16,000,000 |
| 2019 | 15,000,000 |
| 2018 | 181,000,000 |
| 2017 | 98,000,000 |
| 2016 | 43,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 65 million (2021)
- Algeria — 108 million (2025)
- Bahrain — 30 million (2025)
- Djibouti — 0 (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 697 million (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 42 million (2024)
- Iraq — 55 million (2025)
- Israel — 537 million (2025)
- Jordan — 34 million (2024)
- Kuwait — 311 million (2025)
More public sector data for Tunisia
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 1.48 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 4.45 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.49% (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 7.54% (2025)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 48,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.18% (2020)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 90 (2024)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 74.11 (2024)
- Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tunisia's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 7 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 84.09% from 44 million in 1960 (2.79% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 314 million in 1985 and the lowest 0 in 1971.
- How does Tunisia rank?
- 86th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Tunisia?
- In 2025, Tunisia's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 71 million on 2024 (from 78 million to 7 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2024), the average change was −866,667 and a typical year strayed about 64.76 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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