Libya vs Sudan
Libya vs Sudan: Military spending
Military spending: 3.57% of GDP in Libya in 2023 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Sudan, by 3.71 percentage points, or 3.92 times that in Libya.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Libya.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.57 | – |
| 2022 | 2.8 | – |
| 2021 | – | 0.93 |
| 2020 | – | 0.98 |
| 2019 | – | 1.63 |
| 2018 | – | 1.78 |
| 2017 | – | 3.29 |
| 2016 | – | 2.28 |
| 2015 | – | 2.71 |
| 2014 | 6.55 | – |
| 2013 | 5.26 | – |
| 2012 | 3.23 | – |
| 2009 | – | 5.45 |
| 2008 | 1.27 | 4.98 |
| 2007 | 0.94 | 4.08 |
| 2006 | 1.02 | 3.64 |
| 2005 | 1.41 | 3.31 |
| 2004 | 2.01 | 4.66 |
| 2003 | 2.02 | 1.86 |
| 2002 | 2.14 | 2.67 |
| 2001 | 2.33 | 2.47 |
| 2000 | 2.75 | 4.47 |
| 1999 | 3.11 | 4.01 |
| 1998 | 4.67 | 2.38 |
| 1997 | 4.01 | 0.95 |
| 1996 | – | 1.27 |
| 1995 | – | 2.07 |
| 1994 | – | 3.9 |
| 1993 | – | 4.92 |
| 1992 | – | 4.39 |
| 1991 | – | 4.99 |
| 1990 | – | 4.81 |
| 1988 | – | 3.55 |
| 1987 | – | 2.55 |
| 1986 | – | 3.23 |
| 1985 | – | 3.4 |
| 1984 | – | 4.09 |
| 1983 | – | 3.27 |
| 1982 | 2.05 | 2.44 |
| 1981 | 1.61 | 1.78 |
| 1980 | 2.67 | 2.3 |
| 1979 | 3.22 | 2.59 |
| 1978 | 3.8 | 2.04 |
| 1977 | 2.46 | 2.62 |
| 1976 | 1.97 | 2.67 |
| 1975 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 3.29 | 2.57 |
| 1973 | 3.99 | 3.16 |
| 1972 | 3.71 | 4.19 |
| 1971 | 5.32 | 4.6 |
| 1970 | 6.07 | 4.95 |
| 1969 | 3.76 | 5.2 |
| 1968 | 2.86 | 3.75 |
| 1967 | 3.36 | 3.66 |
| 1966 | 2.92 | 3.53 |
| 1965 | 1.86 | 4.12 |
| 1964 | 1.84 | 3.14 |
| 1963 | 2.41 | 2.15 |
| 1962 | 3.1 | 2.06 |
| 1961 | 1.86 | 1.85 |
| 1960 | 1.59 | 1.92 |
| 1959 | – | 1.71 |
| 1958 | – | 1.52 |
| 1957 | – | 1.64 |
| 1956 | – | 1.12 |
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Libya vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013