Liberia
Military spending in US dollars in Liberia
Military spending in US dollars in Liberia: $25M in 2004 and $40.3M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $40.3M
- Since 2004
- +$15.2M
- Rank, 2025
- 139 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $67.7M in 2023, the lowest $17.8M in 2020.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Liberia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $40.3M |
| 2024 | $33.8M |
| 2023 | $67.7M |
| 2022 | $62.2M |
| 2021 | $38.1M |
| 2020 | $17.8M |
| 2019 | $20.9M |
| 2018 | $27.2M |
| 2017 | $33.8M |
| 2016 | $41.9M |
| 2015 | $45.9M |
| 2014 | $48.6M |
| 2013 | $55.5M |
| 2012 | $60M |
| 2011 | $56M |
| 2010 | $38.7M |
| 2009 | $34.9M |
| 2008 | $20.4M |
| 2007 | $19.5M |
| 2006 | $25.8M |
| 2005 | $58.8M |
| 2004 | $25M |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$8 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025