At a glance
Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.
What changed in Libya
Statistically notable movements in the latest data.
- Record high2023MajorMedian age reached a record high of 27.2 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
- Record high2025MajorGov. expenditure reached a record high of 102.3 % in 2025 (series since 1990).
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Country DNA
Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.
2025
Key facts
Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.
87.9 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 87.0 % in 2000.
GDP per capita fell from US$ 7,214 in 2000 to US$ 6,449 in 2025 (−10.6 % in current US dollars).
Libya's population grew 40.6 % between 2000 and 2025, from 5.3M people to 7.5M people.
Life expectancy of 71.1 years ranks 18th of 23 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (2024).
Trade is worth 137.7 % of GDP (2025), above the world median of 79.5 %.
Unemployment of 18.8 % in 2025 is above the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan median of 7.5 %.
CO₂ emissions of 8.84 t per person are 3.0× the world median of 2.99 t (2024).
Renewables' share of electricity generation fell from 0.0 % in 2010 to 0.0 % in 2024 (−0.0 points).
The fertility rate fell from 2.91 births/woman in 2000 to 2.30 births/woman in 2024.
Life expectancy gained 0.6 years since 2000, from 70.5 years to 71.1 years in 2024.
With a median age of 27.2 years, Libya ranks 133rd of 216 countries worldwide (2023).
Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, Libya ranks 11th of 19 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 16,521, 2025).
82.0 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 14.0 % in 2010.
GDP grew 1.7 % a year on average over 2014–2025.
Borders: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia
Languages: Arabic
Timeline
Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.
- 2025
- 2024
- Sharp dropInfant mortality fell 51.5 % to 7.9 per 1,000 in 2024.
- Sharp riseRefugees hosted rose 10,805.6 % to 200,335 people in 2024.
- Sharp riseLife expectancy at birth, female rose 2.3 years to 72.7 years in 2024.
- Sharp riseImmunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months) rose 13.0 points to 86.0 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseAccess to electricity (% of population) rose 4.2 points to 77.4 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropUnder-5 mortality rate fell 69.1 % to 9.8 per 1,000 in 2024.
- Sharp riseImmunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months) rose 16.0 points to 89.0 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseLife expectancy rose 1.8 years to 71.1 years in 2024.
- Sharp riseSecure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 246.2 % to 389 per million in 2024.
- Sharp dropTrade openness fell 23.6 points to 137.5 % in 2024.
- ReversalNet migration turned positive in 2024 (3,448 people).
- Record highRefugees hosted set a new high of 200,335 people in 2024, the first since 2014.
- 2023
- Sharp dropLife expectancy fell 5.1 years to 69.3 years in 2023.
- Sharp riseInfant mortality rose 94.0 % to 16.3 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp riseGov. expenditure rose 18.5 points to 80.7 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropLife expectancy at birth, male fell 3.7 years to 68.3 years in 2023.
- Sharp dropPrevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity fell 2.8 points to 35.1 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseServices exports rose 662.7 % to US$ 642.2M in 2023.
- Sharp dropICT service exports (% of service exports) fell 29.7 points to 1.9 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseUnder-5 mortality rate rose 204.8 % to 31.7 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp dropLife expectancy at birth, female fell 6.7 years to 70.4 years in 2023.
- Sharp riseAccess to electricity (% of population) rose 3.2 points to 73.2 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseDeath rate, crude rose 38.4 % to 6.7 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp dropNet electricity imports (% of demand) fell 2.0 points to 0.0 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseLife satisfaction rose 10.1 % to 5.87 /10 in 2023.
- Sharp dropOut-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) fell 12.7 points to 19.2 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropInflation, GDP deflator fell 50.4 points to -7.6 % in 2023.
Explore Libya by topic
19 topics · 235 indicators with data.
- Economy23 with data · 27 indicators
- Government & public finance7 with data · 18 indicators
- Population & demographics23 with data · 23 indicators
- Employment & wages12 with data · 19 indicators
- Income & inequality3 with data · 10 indicators
- Housing0 with data · 12 indicators
- Health22 with data · 23 indicators
- Education13 with data · 16 indicators
- Trade21 with data · 21 indicators
- Energy26 with data · 26 indicators
- Climate15 with data · 16 indicators
- Environment9 with data · 10 indicators
- Infrastructure & transportation7 with data · 10 indicators
- Digital economy & Internet6 with data · 6 indicators
- Innovation, research & technology6 with data · 9 indicators
- Agriculture & natural resources20 with data · 20 indicators
- Tourism5 with data · 5 indicators
- Security & governance7 with data · 15 indicators
- Quality of life10 with data · 14 indicators