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Libya

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  • Libya has a population of about 7.5M; its total GDP of $48.1B ranks #98 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,637,864 km² is about 8.6× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Renewable electricity share stands out most against the median: 0.0% — rank #167 of 169 countries with data.

Libya: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 7.5M (2025) #104 / 169 median 11.5M · 65%
Population growth 1.0% (2025) #87 / 169 median 1.1% · 95%
Urban population share 87.9% (2025) #21 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.4×
Population aged 65+ 5.2% (2025) #105 / 169 median 7.4% · 70%
Fertility rate 2.3 (2024) #73 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.1×
Birth rate 16.5‰ (2024) #81 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.0×
Death rate 6.5‰ (2024) #105 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 92%
Net migration -172 (2025) #68 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,637,864 km² #18 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 8.6×
Population density derived 4.6/km² (2025) #160 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 6%
Economy
GDP (total) $48.1B (2025) #98 / 168 median $80.7B · 60%
GDP per capita $6,449 (2025) #90 / 168 median $6,834 · 94%
GNI per capita $7,250 (2025) #81 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.1×
GDP growth (annual) 13.4% (2025) #2 / 168 median 3.1% · 4.4×
Inflation rate 1.8% (2025) #117 / 162 median 3.3% · 56%
Unemployment rate 18.8% (2025) #10 / 168 median 5.1% · 3.6×
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 71.7% (2025) #17 / 163 median 35.0% · 2.0×
Imports share of GDP 65.9% (2025) #27 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.6×
Agriculture share of GDP 1.5% (2025) #144 / 168 median 7.2% · 21%
Manufacturing share of GDP 2.8% (2017) #156 / 165 median 11.2% · 25%
International tourist arrivals 760K (2008) #100 / 162 median 1.1M · 67%
Tourism receipts $170M (2010) #124 / 165 median $705M · 24%
Health & education
Life expectancy 71.1 years (2024) #107 / 169 median 73.8 years · 96%
Infant mortality 7.9‰ (2024) #109 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 61%
Under-five mortality 9.8‰ (2024) #105 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 62%
DPT immunization 86.0% (2024) #105 / 166 median 90.5% · 95%
Hospital beds 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) #45 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.7×
Health spending share of GDP 7.8% (2023) #58 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 97.6% (2006) #57 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 2.3% (1999) #145 / 165 median 4.1% · 55%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.721 (2023) #96 / 165 median 0.754 · 96%
Internet users 82.0% (2024) #83 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 193.0 per 100 (2022) #4 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.7×
Fixed broadband 4.5 per 100 (2022) #110 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 37%
Electricity access 77.4% (2024) #127 / 169 median 99.9% · 77%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 8.7 t (2024) #20 / 165 median 2.6 t · 3.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 64.0 Mt (2024) #51 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 3.0×
Renewable electricity share 0.0% (2021) #167 / 169 median 34.1% · <1%
Renewable energy consumption 3.1% (2021) #151 / 169 median 26.9% · 12%
Forest area 0.1% (2023) #165 / 169 median 32.4% · <1%
Agricultural land 8.7% (2023) #150 / 169 median 41.7% · 21%
Arable land 1.0% (2023) #152 / 168 median 11.0% · 9%
PM2.5 exposure 20.0 µg/m³ (2023) #83 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.0×
Military spending 5.3% (2023) #12 / 157 median 1.8% · 2.9×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Libya's true-shape outline

Libya's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,637,864 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).