Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Upper-middle income
Libya: key statistics
Libya has 7.5m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $6,449. Below: 68 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- Libyan dinar LYD
- Languages
- Arabic
- ISO codes
- LYLBY
Population7.5m2025 · rank 105 of 217GDP$48.1bn2025 · rank 102 of 211GDP per capita$6,4492025 · rank 129 of 211Life expectancy71.1 yrs2024 · rank 147 of 217Internet users82.0%2024 · rank 97 of 188Fertility2.302024 · rank 85 of 217CO₂ per person8.66 t2024 · rank 24 of 203Inflation1.8%2025 · rank 126 of 180
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Libya, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Libya by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7.5m | 2025 | 105/217 | 15/23 | +14% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 1.04% | 2025 | 98/217 | 16/23 | −0.6 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 87.9% | 2025 | 40/217 | 8/23 | +0.1 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 2.30 | 2024 | 85/217 | 14/23 | −17% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 5.2% | 2025 | 146/217 | 9/23 | +0.7 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.8% | 2025 | 85/217 | 12/23 | −4.2 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 4.2 | 2024 | 209/216 | 23/23 | +15% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 16.5 | 2024 | 91/217 | 13/23 | −27% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 1,759,540 km² | 2024 | 16/216 | 3/23 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $48.1bn | 2025 | 102/211 | 16/22 | −1.3% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $6,449 | 2025 | 129/211 | 9/22 | −14% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $16,521 | 2025 | 117/199 | 12/22 | −7.7% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $7,250 | 2025 | 110/201 | 9/22 | −13% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 13.4% | 2025 | 3/210 | 1/22 | +14.2 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 12.2% | 2025 | 3/210 | 1/22 | +14.6 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 1.5% | 2025 | 159/198 | 15/22 | −2.9 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 73.2% | 2025 | 2/201 | 1/22 | +38.4 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 26.9% | 2025 | 200/201 | 22/22 | −45.5 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 14.3% | 2025 | 158/175 | 17/20 | −3.1 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 25.9% | 2023 | 56/163 | 11/19 | −4.4 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 1.8% | 2025 | 126/180 | 11/21 | −8.6 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 7.1% | 2014 | — | — | +20.6 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 6.0% | 2014 | — | — | −0.1 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 5.30 | 2025 | 120/210 | 12/22 | +284% | — | |
| Military spending | 3.57% | 2023 | 17/156 | 8/18 | −1.7 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 71.7% | 2025 | 25/184 | 5/21 | +49.5 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 65.9% | 2025 | 43/184 | 6/21 | +31.3 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 137.7% | 2025 | 29/184 | 5/21 | +80.8 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 4.2% | 2023 | 42/185 | 7/20 | +4.2 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.7% | 2025 | 115/197 | 13/21 | +0.8 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.0% | 2006 | — | — | — | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 760,000 | 2008 | — | — | −11% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 18.8% | 2025 | 10/187 | 3/23 | −0.9 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 50.1% | 2025 | 4/187 | 2/23 | −1.5 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 48.0% | 2025 | 164/187 | 10/23 | −1.4 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 33.0% | 2025 | 163/187 | 8/23 | −1.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $360m | 2023 | 81/145 | 12/16 | +179% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.8% | 2023 | 98/139 | 10/15 | +0.6 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $49.2 | 2023 | 85/145 | 9/16 | +141% | $32.2 | |
| Undernourishment | 18.7% | 2024 | 29/167 | 3/19 | +9.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 16.5% | 2025 | 141/190 | 13/22 | +0.5 pp | 27.2% |
Education
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary enrolment | 107.0% | 2006 | — | — | — | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 97.6% | 2006 | — | — | — | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 58.5% | 2003 | — | — | — | 43.6% | |
| Education spending | 2.3% | 1999 | — | — | — | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.1 yrs | 2024 | 147/217 | 18/23 | −0.3% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 7.9 | 2024 | 128/196 | 16/23 | −28% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 9.8 | 2024 | 123/196 | 16/23 | −29% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 59 | 2023 | 89/194 | 8/23 | −21% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 7.8% | 2023 | 66/193 | 6/23 | +2.8 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $470 | 2023 | 97/193 | 9/23 | −21% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 2.04 | 2017 | — | — | +66% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 89% | 2024 | 105/193 | 15/23 | −4.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 127/153 | 12/20 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 7.9% | 2022 | 109/154 | 16/20 | −13.1 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 96.4% | 2024 | 111/206 | 14/23 | +2.7 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 88.5% | 2024 | 123/203 | 17/23 | −1.1 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 82.0% | 2024 | 97/188 | 13/21 | +64.2 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 193.0 | 2022 | 8/210 | 2/23 | +24% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 4.5 | 2022 | 144/208 | 18/23 | +315% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 77.4% | 2024 | 173/215 | 22/23 | +1.9 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 95.0% | 2024 | 89/192 | 17/22 | +1.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 8.66 t | 2024 | 24/203 | 8/22 | −9.9% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 3.1% | 2021 | 173/212 | 13/23 | −0.1 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 0.0% | 2021 | 202/206 | 23/23 | ±0.0 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 0.1% | 2024 | 207/214 | 21/23 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 1.0% | 2024 | 182/206 | 19/23 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 817.1% | 2022 | 6/177 | 5/22 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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