Libya
Military spending per person in Libya
Military spending per person in Libya: $249 in 1997 and $216 in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- $216
- Since 1997
- −$33
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $636 in 2013, the lowest $83 in 2002.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Libya |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $216 |
| 2022 | $169 |
| 2014 | $589 |
| 2013 | $636 |
| 2012 | $488 |
| 2008 | $178 |
| 2007 | $106 |
| 2006 | $104 |
| 2005 | $119 |
| 2004 | $121 |
| 2003 | $97 |
| 2002 | $83 |
| 2001 | $153 |
| 2000 | $207 |
| 1999 | $223 |
| 1998 | $283 |
| 1997 | $249 |
- Highly uncertain
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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