Libya
Military share of state spending in Libya
Military share of state spending in Libya: 11.7% of government spending in 1997 and 5.5% of government spending in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 5.5% of government spending
- Since 1997
- −6.2 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 14.2% of government spending in 1998, the lowest 2.8% of government spending in 2007.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Libya |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 7.2 |
| 2012 | 8.2 |
| 2008 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 6.3 |
| 2000 | 10.3 |
| 1999 | 11.5 |
| 1998 | 14.2 |
| 1997 | 11.7 |
- Highly uncertain
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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.
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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
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016