Libya vs Sudan
Libya vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.6B in Libya in 2023 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Sudan, by $27B, or 34 times that in Libya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.6B | – |
| 2022 | $1.26B | – |
| 2021 | – | $2.77B |
| 2020 | – | $4.69B |
| 2019 | – | $8.08B |
| 2018 | – | $8.94B |
| 2017 | – | $17.5B |
| 2016 | – | $13.5B |
| 2015 | – | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $2.18B | – |
| 2013 | $2.36B | – |
| 2012 | $1.81B | – |
| 2009 | – | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $831M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $550M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $584M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $664M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $674M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $516M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $415M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $323M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $330M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $308M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $399M | $6B |
| 1997 | $354M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | – | $2.81B |
| 1995 | – | $3.96B |
| 1994 | – | $5.42B |
| 1993 | – | $7.32B |
| 1992 | – | $6.42B |
| 1991 | – | $7.41B |
| 1990 | – | $9.25B |
| 1988 | – | $7.99B |
| 1987 | – | $7.31B |
| 1986 | – | $6.43B |
| 1985 | – | $7.55B |
| 1984 | – | $10.6B |
| 1983 | – | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $363M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $315M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $675M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $588M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $473M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $402M | $7B |
| 1976 | $291M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $270M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $442M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $333M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $268M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $347M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $336M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $188M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $138M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $115M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $90.9M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $50.7M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $41.7M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | – | $2.71B |
| 1962 | – | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
- 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.
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 spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Sudan: 0.93% of GDP 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