Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 5.5% of government spending in Libya in 2023 and 15.2% of government spending in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Niger, by 7 percentage points, or 2.29 times that in Libya.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 15.2 |
| 2024 | – | 16.4 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | – | 5.6 |
| 2020 | – | 7.7 |
| 2019 | – | 8.9 |
| 2018 | – | 8.5 |
| 2017 | – | 9.3 |
| 2016 | – | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 10.9 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | 8.2 | 9.5 |
| 2011 | – | 6.3 |
| 2010 | – | 6 |
| 2009 | – | 4.1 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 2.8 | – |
| 2006 | 3.6 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 2002 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 10.3 | 6.7 |
| 1999 | 11.5 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 14.2 | 6.1 |
| 1997 | 11.7 | 5.9 |
| 1996 | – | 6.7 |
| 1995 | – | 6.4 |
- 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
Libya vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Niger: $18 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Niger: 0 TIV in 1973