Chad vs Libya
Chad vs Libya: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $598M in Chad in 2025 and $1.6B in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by $1.19B, or 3.94 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Chad.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | – |
| 2024 | $558M | – |
| 2023 | $406M | $1.6B |
| 2022 | $412M | $1.26B |
| 2021 | $387M | – |
| 2020 | $388M | – |
| 2019 | $300M | – |
| 2018 | $304M | – |
| 2017 | $290M | – |
| 2016 | $408M | – |
| 2015 | $288M | – |
| 2014 | $446M | $2.18B |
| 2013 | $839M | $2.36B |
| 2012 | – | $1.81B |
| 2011 | $724M | – |
| 2010 | $784M | – |
| 2009 | $878M | – |
| 2008 | $757M | $831M |
| 2007 | $569M | $550M |
| 2006 | $324M | $584M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $664M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $674M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $516M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $415M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $323M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $330M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $308M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $399M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $354M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | – |
| 1995 | $41.7M | – |
| 1994 | $56M | – |
| 1993 | $71.6M | – |
| 1992 | $55.2M | – |
| 1990 | $55.2M | – |
| 1989 | $106M | – |
| 1988 | $131M | – |
| 1987 | $67.1M | – |
| 1986 | $104M | – |
| 1985 | $90.6M | – |
| 1984 | $98.1M | – |
| 1983 | $101M | – |
| 1982 | – | $363M |
| 1981 | – | $315M |
| 1980 | – | $675M |
| 1979 | – | $588M |
| 1978 | – | $473M |
| 1977 | – | $402M |
| 1976 | – | $291M |
| 1975 | – | $270M |
| 1974 | – | $442M |
| 1973 | – | $333M |
| 1972 | – | $268M |
| 1971 | – | $347M |
| 1970 | – | $336M |
| 1969 | – | $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
Chad vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Libya: 0 TIV in 2016