Libya

Arms imports in Libya

Arms imports in Libya: 14 million TIV in 1960 and 5 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
5 million TIV
Since 1960
−9 million TIV
World, 2024
30.6 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in LibyaArms imports in Libya: 14 million TIV in 1960 and 5 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.22 billion TIV in 1978, the lowest 0 TIV in 2020.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 4.22 billion TIV in 1978, the lowest 0 TIV in 2020.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearLibyaWorld
2025–33.3 billion
20245 million30.6 billion
202334 million29.5 billion
2022–33 billion
2021–26.8 billion
2020023.4 billion
201934 million26.9 billion
2018–27.3 billion
2017–31.2 billion
20162 million31.4 billion
2015–28.7 billion
2014–27 billion
2013119 million27.4 billion
201275 million27.9 billion
20118 million29.9 billion
201037 million25.8 billion
200922 million24 billion
200816 million24.1 billion
200716 million26.5 billion
200616 million24.4 billion
20051 million21.3 billion
2004–21.3 billion
2003–19.2 billion
2002–17.7 billion
2001–18.3 billion
2000–20.5 billion
19996 million25.3 billion
1998–27.9 billion
1997–28.9 billion
1996–23.7 billion
1995–22.9 billion
1994–22.8 billion
1993–25.8 billion
1992–24.3 billion
1991–27.8 billion
199011 million28.6 billion
1989218 million31.7 billion
19889 million32.9 billion
1987184 million36.2 billion
1986401 million35.5 billion
1985746 million33.2 billion
1984730 million36.8 billion
19831.42 billion39.1 billion
19822.75 billion41.4 billion
19813.16 billion42 billion
19802.95 billion37.4 billion
19793.07 billion33.3 billion
19784.22 billion39.2 billion
19773.05 billion37 billion
19761.85 billion33 billion
19751.65 billion34.2 billion
19741.77 billion32.9 billion
1973733 million32.6 billion
1972534 million28.7 billion
1971540 million29.3 billion
1970371 million22.1 billion
1969152 million24.7 billion
196857 million22.4 billion
196712 million22.1 billion
196626 million22.4 billion
19659 million23.1 billion
196415 million24.2 billion
19633 million18.1 billion
19622 million15.5 billion
196117 million15 billion
196014 million15.7 billion

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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