Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $24.1B in Algeria in 2025 and $1.6B in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Algeria, by $17.7B, or 12 times that in Libya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24.1B | – |
| 2024 | $21.8B | – |
| 2023 | $19.3B | $1.6B |
| 2022 | $11B | $1.26B |
| 2021 | $11.4B | – |
| 2020 | $12.2B | – |
| 2019 | $12.5B | – |
| 2018 | $11.6B | – |
| 2017 | $12.1B | – |
| 2016 | $12.8B | – |
| 2015 | $12.7B | – |
| 2014 | $12.2B | $2.18B |
| 2013 | $10.6B | $2.36B |
| 2012 | $9.78B | $1.81B |
| 2011 | $9.3B | – |
| 2010 | $6.5B | – |
| 2009 | $6.14B | – |
| 2008 | $5.65B | $831M |
| 2007 | $4.85B | $550M |
| 2006 | $4.13B | $584M |
| 2005 | $4.03B | $664M |
| 2004 | $3.85B | $674M |
| 2003 | $3.39B | $516M |
| 2002 | $3.46B | $415M |
| 2001 | $3.39B | $323M |
| 2000 | $3.1B | $330M |
| 1999 | $2.67B | $308M |
| 1998 | $2.53B | $399M |
| 1997 | $2.39B | $354M |
| 1996 | $1.98B | – |
| 1995 | $1.74B | – |
| 1994 | $1.8B | – |
| 1993 | $1.48B | – |
| 1992 | $1.38B | – |
| 1991 | $822M | – |
| 1990 | $803M | – |
| 1989 | $752M | – |
| 1988 | $769M | – |
| 1987 | $777M | – |
| 1986 | $762M | – |
| 1985 | $775M | – |
| 1984 | $827M | – |
| 1983 | $880M | – |
| 1982 | $876M | $363M |
| 1981 | $759M | $315M |
| 1980 | $854M | $675M |
| 1979 | $751M | $588M |
| 1978 | $759M | $473M |
| 1977 | $700M | $402M |
| 1976 | $803M | $291M |
| 1975 | $576M | $270M |
| 1974 | $517M | $442M |
| 1973 | $270M | $333M |
| 1972 | $260M | $268M |
| 1971 | $269M | $347M |
| 1970 | $274M | $336M |
| 1969 | $293M | $188M |
| 1968 | – | $138M |
| 1967 | – | $115M |
| 1966 | – | $90.9M |
| 1965 | – | $50.7M |
| 1964 | – | $41.7M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
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 spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP 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