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Libya vs Malaysia: Military spending

Libya
4.78 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2016
Malaysia
4.68 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Libya rank
51st
Malaysia rank
53rd

Military spending over time

  • Libya
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 4.78 billion constant 2022 US$ against 4.68 billion constant 2022 US$ in Malaysia, a difference of 102.61 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Malaysia ahead.

Libya ranks 51st and Malaysia ranks 53rd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.