Libya
Armed forces, share of workers in Libya
Armed forces, share of workers in Libya: 7.28% of the labour force in 1990 and 0% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- −7.28 percentage points
- World, 2020
- 0.79% of the labour force
% of the labour force · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.28% of the labour force in 1990, the lowest 0% of the labour force in 2014.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | – | 0.79 |
| 2018 | – | 0.8 |
| 2017 | – | 0.8 |
| 2016 | – | 0.81 |
| 2015 | – | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.33 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.34 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | – | 0.88 |
| 2010 | – | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 3.53 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 3.65 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 3.78 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 3.92 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 4.04 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 4.14 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 4.27 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 4.37 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4.46 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 4.55 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 4.13 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 4.26 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 4.41 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 5.63 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 5.8 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 6.41 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 6.66 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 7.01 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 7.28 | 1.11 |
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel as a share of everyone working or looking for work, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 168 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per person$216 in 2023
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016