Libya vs Yemen: Military expenditure

Libya

1.57 billion current USD

in 2023

Yemen

1.71 billion current USD

in 2014

Libya rank

71st

Yemen rank

68th

Military expenditure over time

Yemen currently reports 1.71 billion current USD against 1.57 billion current USD in Libya, a difference of 141.15 million current USD.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 71st and Yemen ranks 68th of 166 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current USD)
Unit: current USD
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 10,601 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)