Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.6B in Libya in 2023 and $450M in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by $1.24B, or 4.42 times that in Niger.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $450M |
| 2024 | – | $436M |
| 2023 | $1.6B | $362M |
| 2022 | $1.26B | $282M |
| 2021 | – | $218M |
| 2020 | – | $277M |
| 2019 | – | $301M |
| 2018 | – | $259M |
| 2017 | – | $245M |
| 2016 | – | $211M |
| 2014 | $2.18B | $156M |
| 2013 | $2.36B | $113M |
| 2012 | $1.81B | $167M |
| 2011 | – | $87.4M |
| 2010 | – | $75.2M |
| 2009 | – | $57.3M |
| 2008 | $831M | $55.3M |
| 2007 | $550M | – |
| 2006 | $584M | – |
| 2005 | $664M | $44.4M |
| 2004 | $674M | $46.2M |
| 2003 | $516M | $39.7M |
| 2002 | $415M | $39.3M |
| 2001 | $323M | $51M |
| 2000 | $330M | $41.6M |
| 1999 | $308M | $43.5M |
| 1998 | $399M | $38.1M |
| 1997 | $354M | $30.9M |
| 1996 | – | $28M |
| 1995 | – | $30.5M |
| 1994 | – | $35.6M |
| 1987 | – | $16.9M |
| 1986 | – | $19.2M |
| 1985 | – | $18.2M |
| 1984 | – | $17.2M |
| 1983 | – | $18.8M |
| 1982 | $363M | $16.4M |
| 1981 | $315M | $16.6M |
| 1980 | $675M | $19.3M |
| 1979 | $588M | $22M |
| 1978 | $473M | $21.1M |
| 1977 | $402M | $18.9M |
| 1976 | $291M | $16.8M |
| 1975 | $270M | $16.7M |
| 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
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 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