Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Military spending
Military spending: 3.57% of GDP in Libya in 2023 and 2.14% of GDP in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.81 times that in Niger.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.14 |
| 2024 | – | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 3.57 | 1.98 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.57 |
| 2021 | – | 1.36 |
| 2020 | – | 1.73 |
| 2019 | – | 1.92 |
| 2018 | – | 1.79 |
| 2017 | – | 1.81 |
| 2016 | – | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 6.55 | 1.34 |
| 2013 | 5.26 | 1.05 |
| 2012 | 3.23 | 1.62 |
| 2011 | – | 0.98 |
| 2010 | – | 0.88 |
| 2009 | – | 0.74 |
| 2008 | 1.27 | 0.74 |
| 2007 | 0.94 | – |
| 2006 | 1.02 | – |
| 2005 | 1.41 | 0.72 |
| 2004 | 2.01 | 1.09 |
| 2003 | 2.02 | 0.93 |
| 2002 | 2.14 | 0.96 |
| 2001 | 2.33 | 1.32 |
| 2000 | 2.75 | 1.17 |
| 1999 | 3.11 | 1.17 |
| 1998 | 4.67 | 1.06 |
| 1997 | 4.01 | 0.93 |
| 1996 | – | 0.86 |
| 1995 | – | 0.97 |
| 1994 | – | 1.23 |
| 1987 | – | 0.64 |
| 1986 | – | 0.77 |
| 1985 | – | 0.74 |
| 1984 | – | 0.73 |
| 1983 | – | 0.69 |
| 1982 | 2.05 | 0.63 |
| 1981 | 1.61 | 0.63 |
| 1980 | 2.67 | 0.67 |
| 1979 | 3.22 | 0.84 |
| 1978 | 3.8 | 0.93 |
| 1977 | 2.46 | 0.94 |
| 1976 | 1.97 | 0.82 |
| 1975 | 2.25 | 0.87 |
| 1974 | 3.29 | – |
| 1973 | 3.99 | – |
| 1972 | 3.71 | – |
| 1971 | 5.32 | – |
| 1970 | 6.07 | – |
| 1969 | 3.76 | – |
| 1968 | 2.86 | – |
| 1967 | 3.36 | – |
| 1966 | 2.92 | – |
| 1965 | 1.86 | – |
| 1964 | 1.84 | – |
| 1963 | 2.41 | – |
| 1962 | 3.1 | – |
| 1961 | 1.86 | – |
| 1960 | 1.59 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
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 spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Niger: 15.2% of government spending 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