Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $540 in Algeria in 2025 and $216 in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Algeria, by $182, or 1.84 times that in Libya.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $540 | – |
| 2024 | $469 | – |
| 2023 | $399 | $216 |
| 2022 | $203 | $169 |
| 2021 | $205 | – |
| 2020 | $222 | – |
| 2019 | $240 | – |
| 2018 | $228 | – |
| 2017 | $244 | – |
| 2016 | $253 | – |
| 2015 | $263 | – |
| 2014 | $306 | $589 |
| 2013 | $267 | $636 |
| 2012 | $250 | $488 |
| 2011 | $237 | – |
| 2010 | $158 | – |
| 2009 | $150 | – |
| 2008 | $150 | $178 |
| 2007 | $116 | $106 |
| 2006 | $93 | $104 |
| 2005 | $89 | $119 |
| 2004 | $87 | $121 |
| 2003 | $69 | $97 |
| 2002 | $67 | $83 |
| 2001 | $67 | $153 |
| 2000 | $61 | $207 |
| 1999 | $60 | $223 |
| 1998 | $64 | $283 |
| 1997 | $60 | $249 |
| 1996 | $51 | – |
| 1995 | $44 | – |
| 1994 | $48 | – |
| 1993 | $47 | – |
| 1992 | $40 | – |
| 1991 | $22 | – |
| 1990 | $36 | – |
| 1989 | $35 | – |
| 1988 | $43 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B 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