Libya vs Portugal: Military spending

Libya
4.78 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2016
Portugal
4.74 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Libya rank
51st
Portugal rank
52nd

Military spending over time

  • Libya
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 4.78 billion constant 2022 US$ against 4.74 billion constant 2022 US$ in Portugal, a difference of 43.18 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Portugal ahead.

Libya ranks 51st and Portugal ranks 52nd 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
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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.