Libya
Military spending in US dollars in Libya
Military spending in US dollars in Libya: $41.7M in 1964 and $1.6B in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- $1.6B
- Since 1964
- +$1.56B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $2.36B in 2013, the lowest $41.7M in 1964.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Libya |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.6B |
| 2022 | $1.26B |
| 2014 | $2.18B |
| 2013 | $2.36B |
| 2012 | $1.81B |
| 2008 | $831M |
| 2007 | $550M |
| 2006 | $584M |
| 2005 | $664M |
| 2004 | $674M |
| 2003 | $516M |
| 2002 | $415M |
| 2001 | $323M |
| 2000 | $330M |
| 1999 | $308M |
| 1998 | $399M |
| 1997 | $354M |
| 1982 | $363M |
| 1981 | $315M |
| 1980 | $675M |
| 1979 | $588M |
| 1978 | $473M |
| 1977 | $402M |
| 1976 | $291M |
| 1975 | $270M |
| 1974 | $442M |
| 1973 | $333M |
| 1972 | $268M |
| 1971 | $347M |
| 1970 | $336M |
| 1969 | $188M |
| 1968 | $138M |
| 1967 | $115M |
| 1966 | $90.9M |
| 1965 | $50.7M |
| 1964 | $41.7M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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.
- 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 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