Chad vs Libya

Chad vs Libya: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 15.5% of government spending in Chad in 2025 and 5.5% of government spending in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Chad, by 6.2 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Libya.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Chad vs Libya: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 15.5% of government spending in Chad in 2025 and 5.5% of government spending in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Chad, by 6.2 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Libya.
ChadLibyaHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Chad has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Libya.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearChadLibya
202515.5–
202415–
202311.75.5
202214.64.5
202115–
202015.4–
201914.9–
201817.2–
201714.8–
201621.1–
201511–
201412.810.9
201324.57.2
2012–8.2
201122.4–
201023.7–
200930.5–
200831.33.1
200726.32.8
200621.53.6
20057.25
20047.94.9
20036.84.8
20028.55.2
20018.76.3
20007.510.3
19997.211.5
19986.214.2
19976.111.7
19968.8–
19957.7–
  • Highly uncertain

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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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