Libya vs Niger

Libya vs Niger: Military spending per person

Military spending per person: $216 in Libya in 2023 and $18 in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by $204, or 17 times that in Niger.

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US dollars per person · SIPRI

Libya vs Niger: Military spending per personMilitary spending per person: $216 in Libya in 2023 and $18 in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Libya, by $204, or 17 times that in Niger.
LibyaNigerHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearLibyaNiger
2025–$18
2024–$16
2023$216$13
2022$169$10
2021–$8
2020–$10
2019–$11
2018–$11
2017–$10
2016–$8
2014$589$8
2013$636$6
2012$488$9
2011–$5
2010–$4
2009–$3
2008$178$4
2007$106–
2006$104–
2005$119$2
2004$121$2
2003$97$2
2002$83$2
2001$153$2
2000$207$2
1999$223$2
1998$283$2
1997$249$2
1996–$2
1995–$2
1994–$2
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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.

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