World Bank · Public Sector
Libya: Military expenditure (% of GDP)
3.57percent · 2023+77.1% since 2003
Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product Annual figures for Libya from 1960 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.572 | |
| 2022 | 2.804 | |
| 2014 | 6.546 | |
| 2013 | 5.261 | |
| 2012 | 3.228 | |
| 2008 | 1.269 | |
| 2007 | 0.939 | |
| 2006 | 1.022 | |
| 2005 | 1.414 | |
| 2004 | 2.012 | |
| 2003 | 2.018 | |
| 2002 | 2.142 | |
| 2001 | 2.328 | |
| 2000 | 2.748 | |
| 1999 | 3.107 | |
| 1998 | 4.67 | |
| 1997 | 4.011 | |
| 1982 | 2.049 | |
| 1981 | 1.605 | |
| 1980 | 2.673 | |
| 1979 | 3.221 | |
| 1978 | 3.799 | |
| 1977 | 2.464 | |
| 1976 | 1.969 | |
| 1975 | 2.254 | |
| 1974 | 3.291 | |
| 1973 | 3.985 | |
| 1972 | 3.71 | |
| 1971 | 5.323 | |
| 1970 | 6.073 | |
| 1969 | 3.763 | |
| 1968 | 2.856 | |
| 1967 | 3.361 | |
| 1966 | 2.915 | |
| 1965 | 1.857 | |
| 1964 | 1.844 | |
| 1963 | 2.408 | |
| 1962 | 3.104 | |
| 1961 | 1.855 | |
| 1960 | 1.592 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Military expenditure (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-military-expenditure-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Military expenditure (% of GDP) in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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