Defence spending
US$1.57bn
3.2% of GDPGDP 2026
2023 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
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Northern Africa · Military profile
Libya country profile with source-backed equipment operators and dated national observations. The linked records retain their published sources and reference years.
01 / National data
Military, personnel and economic indicators
2023 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
228 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Libya |
|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |
| Dassault Mirage F1 | 42024 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | 122024 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | 2Air Force · 2025 4–5Libyan Air Force · 2026Wikipedia |
| Sukhoi Su-17 | 12024 |
| Sukhoi Su-24 | 22024 |
| Support aircraft | |
| Antonov An-12 | 32024 |
| Antonov An-32 | 22024 |
| Antonov An-72 | 12024 |
| Douglas C-47 Skytrain | In service |
| Ilyushin Il-18 | 22024 |
| Ilyushin Il-76 | 42024 |
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | 22024 |
| Equipment | Libya |
|---|---|
| Tanks | |
| Haider (tank) | In service |
| M60 tank | In service |
| M60T tank | 7Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| T-54/T-55 | ≥60Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| T-62 | ≥30Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| T-72 | ≥20Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| Armoured vehicles | |
| Alvis Saracen | In service |
| BAE Caiman | In service |
| BMC Kirpi | In service |
| BMC Vuran | In service |
| BMP-1 | In service |
| BMP-2 | In service |
| Equipment | Libya |
|---|---|
| Air defence | |
| 2K12 Kub | In service |
| 9K31 Strela-1 | In service |
| DARDO | In service |
| Hisar (missile family) | ≥2Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| KORKUT | In service |
| MIM-23 Hawk | In service |
| S-125 Neva/Pechora | 10Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| S-400 Triumf | In service |
| Tor missile system | In service |
| ZSU-23-4 Shilka | In service |
| Anti-aircraft guns | |
| ZPU | In service |
| ZU-23-2 | In service |
| Equipment | Libya |
|---|---|
| Small arms | |
| AK-103 | In service |
| AK-47 | In service |
| AK-74 | In service |
| AKM | In service |
| AMD-65 | In service |
| AR-M1 | In service |
| Barrett M82 | In service |
| Benelli M4 | 1,800Libyan Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| Beretta AR70/90 | In service |
| Beretta M12 | In service |
| Beretta M1951 | In service |
| Beretta Model 38 | In service |
| Equipment | Libya |
|---|---|
| Communications & electronic warfare | |
| KORAL electronic warfare system | In service |
| Krasukha | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
04 / Data record
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 7,464,417 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count.
2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate.
Annual nominal GDP at current market prices, in source-reported current US dollars. Excludes purchasing-power-parity GDP and real GDP growth. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 49.2bn. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn.
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