Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya
Libya: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 0 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya is 0, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya peaked at 86,000 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2014.
That places Libya 169th out of 173 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 73,000 | — |
| 1986 | 76,250 | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 79,500 | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 82,750 | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 86,000 | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 86,000 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 86,000 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 85,000 | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 85,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 80,000 | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 80,500 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 65,500 | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 65,500 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 65,500 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 65,500 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 76,500 | +16.8% |
| 2001 | 76,500 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 76,500 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 76,500 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 76,000 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 76,000 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 76,000 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 76,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 76,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 76,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 53,000 | -30.3% |
| 2011 | 30,000 | -43.4% |
| 2012 | 7,000 | -76.7% |
| 2013 | 7,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 79,500 | 73,000 | 86,000 | 5 |
| 1990s | 76,450 | 65,500 | 86,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,200 | 76,000 | 76,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,400 | 0 | 53,000 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 169 Antigua and Barbuda 0 compare
- 169 Iceland 0 compare
- 169 Palestine, State of 0 compare
- 169 Seychelles 0 compare
More public sector data for Libya
- Arms imports 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6774 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -85.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 215.41 current USD per person (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0357 current USD per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 29.54 % change on previous year (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.57 billion current USD (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 19.32 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Libya was 0 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 86,000 in 1989.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2014.
- How does Libya rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Libya ranks 169th out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.