Algeria vs Libya

Algeria vs Libya: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Algeria in 2025 and 5 million TIV in Libya in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 200 million TIV, or 41 times that in Libya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Algeria vs Libya: Arms importsArms imports: 108 million TIV in Algeria in 2025 and 5 million TIV in Libya in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 200 million TIV, or 41 times that in Libya.
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What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Libya.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAlgeriaLibyaWorld
2025108 million–33.3 billion
2024205 million5 million30.6 billion
2023394 million34 million29.5 billion
2022450 million–33 billion
2021164 million–26.8 billion
2020601 million023.4 billion
2019167 million34 million26.9 billion
20181.28 billion–27.3 billion
20171.16 billion–31.2 billion
20162.92 billion2 million31.4 billion
2015897 million–28.7 billion
2014715 million–27 billion
2013361 million119 million27.4 billion
2012662 million75 million27.9 billion
20111.13 billion8 million29.9 billion
2010831 million37 million25.8 billion
20091.08 billion22 million24 billion
20081.52 billion16 million24.1 billion
2007507 million16 million26.5 billion
2006340 million16 million24.4 billion
2005159 million1 million21.3 billion
2004251 million–21.3 billion
2003204 million–19.2 billion
2002252 million–17.7 billion
2001539 million–18.3 billion
2000405 million–20.5 billion
1999388 million6 million25.3 billion
199898 million–27.9 billion
199737 million–28.9 billion
199683 million–23.7 billion
1995312 million–22.9 billion
1994197 million–22.8 billion
199322 million–25.8 billion
199223 million–24.3 billion
19911.04 billion–27.8 billion
1990737 million11 million28.6 billion
1989455 million218 million31.7 billion
1988319 million9 million32.9 billion
1987384 million184 million36.2 billion
1986163 million401 million35.5 billion
1985368 million746 million33.2 billion
1984660 million730 million36.8 billion
1983700 million1.42 billion39.1 billion
19821.35 billion2.75 billion41.4 billion
19811.38 billion3.16 billion42 billion
19801.34 billion2.95 billion37.4 billion
19791.82 billion3.07 billion33.3 billion
19781.27 billion4.22 billion39.2 billion
19771.05 billion3.05 billion37 billion
1976130 million1.85 billion33 billion
197556 million1.65 billion34.2 billion
197413 million1.77 billion32.9 billion
1973110 million733 million32.6 billion
1972180 million534 million28.7 billion
197114 million540 million29.3 billion
197014 million371 million22.1 billion
196979 million152 million24.7 billion
196858 million57 million22.4 billion
1967525 million12 million22.1 billion
1966439 million26 million22.4 billion
1965354 million9 million23.1 billion
1964181 million15 million24.2 billion
196390 million3 million18.1 billion
196263 million2 million15.5 billion
19617 million17 million15 billion
1960–14 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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