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Libya

Capital: TripoliRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: Upper middle income
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Libya's GDP is $49.16B (2026), with a population of 7.4M, and GDP per capita of $6,972. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 4.2%, inflation at 1.6%, life expectancy of 69.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators. Explore Libya's full economic profile with 440+ indicators, interactive charts, and historical data below.

GDP
$49.16B
2026
Population
7.4M
2024
GDP per Capita
$6,972
2026
Life Expectancy
69.3 years
2023
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$49.16B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)4.2%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$6,9722026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$132.84B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$18,8372026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.06%2026
GNI (Current USD)$52.19B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$6,8902024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$15,4002024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)73.5%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)28.3%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)2.4%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)35.3%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)31.5%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)14.3%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)24.7%2023
GDP Deflator (%)8.5%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$44,3902024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)16.1%2021
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$4,6392021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)-27.2%2020
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)15.1%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)56.38%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)4.58%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)61.0%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.08%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$35.64B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)1.6%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-1.0%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)0.6%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)2.1%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$92.89B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)31.62023
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)4.832024
PPP Conversion Factor2.222024
Broad Money (% of GDP)64.4%2021

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)128.8%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)72.0%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)56.8%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$34.90B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$27.56B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$29.06B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$18.50B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)1.8%2023
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-0.1%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$794.7M2023
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)4.2%2023
Current Account Balance (USD)$1.86B2023

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.8%2023
Net ODA Received (USD)$359.7M2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)13.0%2024
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)33.1%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)24.7%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)41.4%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population7.4M2024
Population Growth (%)1.0%2024
Population Density (per km²)42023
Surface Area (sq km)1.8M2023
Land Area (sq km)1.8M2023
Urban Population (%)87.9%2024
Urban Population (total)6.5M2024
Rural Population (%)12.1%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth69.3 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male68.3 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female70.4 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.42023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)172023
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.72023
Net Migration-1722025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)27.4%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)67.6%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)5.0%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)48.0%2024
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)7.4%2024
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)40.6%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)180.22023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)169.92023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force2.6M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)48.0%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)33.0%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)62.5%2025
Unemployment (%)18.8%2025
Female Unemployment (%)25.2%2025
Male Unemployment (%)15.5%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)50.1%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)10.0%2025
Employment in Industry (%)18.6%2025
Employment in Services (%)71.4%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)21.6%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)74.1%2025
Employers (% of total employment)4.3%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)33.9%2025
Employment to Population Ratio (%)39.0%2025
Self-Employed (% of total)25.9%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Primary School Enrollment (%)107.0%2006
Secondary School Enrollment (%)97.6%2006

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.8%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$4702023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)6.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)19.2%2023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)3.52022
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)30.82023
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)5.72023
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)592023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)29.82023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)31.72023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)10.4%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)75.1%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)14.6%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)89.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)86.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)632024
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)7.9%2022
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)4.6%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)52021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)02020
Maternal Deaths742023
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)632024
People Living with HIV7,5002024
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)86%2024
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)89%2024
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)86%2024
Physicians (total)202017
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel642017
Dentists (total)41,9342017
Pharmacists (total)1,0412017
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)3.5%2022
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)4.3%2022
Universal Health Coverage Index712023
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)2,2872021
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$4702023

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)8.72024
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)642024
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)2,5392022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)3,9792022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.0%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)3.1%2021
Access to Electricity (%)73.2%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)332020
Forest Area (%)0.1%2023
Forest Area (sq km)2,1702023
Arable Land (%)1.0%2023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)0.2%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.6%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)96.4%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)88.5%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)8.7%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)6712023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)105.82022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)98.32022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)120.52022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)309,7422023
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)32,1302023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)222023
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)16.5%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)817.1%2022
Cereal Production (metric tons)207,9652023

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)88.5%2023
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1932022
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)4.52022
Secure Internet Servers (per million)388.62024
Scientific Journal Articles4082022
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)1.9%2023
ICT Service Exports (USD)$11.9M2023

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried1.1M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)60.12023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)271,2312019
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)1.902022
Electricity from Oil (%)23.9%2022
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)16.5%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)76.9%2025
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)5.92023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.182006
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.962006

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-1.532023
Government Effectiveness-1.642023
Political Stability-2.172023
Regulatory Quality-1.952023
Rule of Law-1.772023
Voice & Accountability-1.392023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)3.8%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)5.2%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)2.4%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)4.3%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)5.3%2023
Military Expenditure (USD)$1.57B2023
Armed Forces Personnel02020
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.0%2020
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)5.5%2023

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$2.04B2018
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$52.0M2018

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Urban Population Growth (%)1.0%2024
Population in Largest City1.2M2025
Population in Largest City (% of urban)18.4%2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)16.1%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)16.6%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)0.9%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)21.7%2024

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