Libya
Military spending in Libya
Military spending in Libya: 1.59% of GDP in 1960 and 3.57% of GDP in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 3.57% of GDP
- Since 1960
- +1.98 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.55% of GDP in 2014, the lowest 0.94% of GDP in 2007.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Libya |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.57 |
| 2022 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 6.55 |
| 2013 | 5.26 |
| 2012 | 3.23 |
| 2008 | 1.27 |
| 2007 | 0.94 |
| 2006 | 1.02 |
| 2005 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 2.02 |
| 2002 | 2.14 |
| 2001 | 2.33 |
| 2000 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 3.11 |
| 1998 | 4.67 |
| 1997 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 2.05 |
| 1981 | 1.61 |
| 1980 | 2.67 |
| 1979 | 3.22 |
| 1978 | 3.8 |
| 1977 | 2.46 |
| 1976 | 1.97 |
| 1975 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 3.29 |
| 1973 | 3.99 |
| 1972 | 3.71 |
| 1971 | 5.32 |
| 1970 | 6.07 |
| 1969 | 3.76 |
| 1968 | 2.86 |
| 1967 | 3.36 |
| 1966 | 2.92 |
| 1965 | 1.86 |
| 1964 | 1.84 |
| 1963 | 2.41 |
| 1962 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 1.86 |
| 1960 | 1.59 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016