Egypt vs Libya
Egypt vs Libya: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 2.5% of government spending in Egypt in 2025 and 5.5% of government spending in Libya in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Egypt.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | – |
| 2024 | 3.4 | – |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | – |
| 2020 | 4.5 | – |
| 2019 | 4.2 | – |
| 2018 | 4.2 | – |
| 2017 | 4.4 | – |
| 2016 | 5.1 | – |
| 2015 | 5.2 | – |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 7.2 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 8.2 |
| 2011 | 6 | – |
| 2010 | 6.2 | – |
| 2009 | 6.2 | – |
| 2008 | 6.7 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 7.5 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 9 | 5 |
| 2004 | 9.6 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | 10.4 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | 10.6 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | – | 6.3 |
| 2000 | – | 10.3 |
| 1999 | – | 11.5 |
| 1998 | – | 14.2 |
| 1997 | – | 11.7 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Libya: 0 TIV in 2016