Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Military spending
Military spending: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria in 2025 and 3.57% of GDP in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Algeria, by 3.82 percentage points, or 2.07 times that in Libya.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.83 | – |
| 2024 | 7.97 | – |
| 2023 | 7.39 | 3.57 |
| 2022 | 4.06 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 4.89 | – |
| 2020 | 5.89 | – |
| 2019 | 5.33 | – |
| 2018 | 4.93 | – |
| 2017 | 5.31 | – |
| 2016 | 5.65 | – |
| 2015 | 5.55 | – |
| 2014 | 4.97 | 6.55 |
| 2013 | 4.42 | 5.26 |
| 2012 | 4.11 | 3.23 |
| 2011 | 3.96 | – |
| 2010 | 3.19 | – |
| 2009 | 3.51 | – |
| 2008 | 2.87 | 1.27 |
| 2007 | 2.77 | 0.94 |
| 2006 | 2.51 | 1.02 |
| 2005 | 2.73 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 3.05 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2.02 |
| 2002 | 3.42 | 2.14 |
| 2001 | 3.52 | 2.33 |
| 2000 | 3.43 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 3.76 | 3.11 |
| 1998 | 3.97 | 4.67 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 4.01 |
| 1996 | 3.09 | – |
| 1995 | 2.94 | – |
| 1994 | 3.15 | – |
| 1993 | 2.51 | – |
| 1992 | 2.14 | – |
| 1991 | 1.21 | – |
| 1990 | 1.46 | – |
| 1989 | 1.54 | – |
| 1988 | 1.75 | – |
| 1987 | 1.86 | – |
| 1986 | 1.79 | – |
| 1985 | 1.64 | – |
| 1984 | 1.76 | – |
| 1983 | 1.95 | – |
| 1982 | 2.06 | 2.05 |
| 1981 | 1.82 | 1.61 |
| 1980 | 2.1 | 2.67 |
| 1979 | 2.14 | 3.22 |
| 1978 | 2.38 | 3.8 |
| 1977 | 2.24 | 2.46 |
| 1976 | 2.7 | 1.97 |
| 1975 | 2.13 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 1.96 | 3.29 |
| 1973 | 1.69 | 3.99 |
| 1972 | 1.8 | 3.71 |
| 1971 | 2.09 | 5.32 |
| 1970 | 2.13 | 6.07 |
| 1969 | 2.39 | 3.76 |
| 1968 | 2.62 | 2.86 |
| 1967 | 3.02 | 3.36 |
| 1966 | 3.51 | 2.92 |
| 1965 | 3.42 | 1.86 |
| 1964 | 3.5 | 1.84 |
| 1963 | 2.51 | 2.41 |
| 1962 | – | 3.1 |
| 1961 | – | 1.86 |
| 1960 | – | 1.59 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Algeria vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Libya: 0 TIV in 2016