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Official language: Arabic
Currency: Libyan Dinar
Capital City: Tripoli
Area: 1759540km2
Subregional membership(s): North Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Oil producing economies, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , Petroleum Exporters, OPEC Members


6888.4K
2023

Mid-year population
39.0B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
10.8
2021

Under five mortality rate
109.0
2006

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)0.771.461.431.601.491.311.261.171.101.11
Population - Urban (%)79.0079.3079.5079.80
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)68.268.568.569.670.069.569.969.669.770.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)2.393.50
Population - Female (thousands)2,9973,0473,0953,1443,1933,2403,2843,3263,3653,405
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)10.7010.69
Population - Urban (thousands)4,9024,9425,0065,0885,1835,2825,3765,4645,5475,627
Total fertility rate (per woman)2.82.72.72.62.62.52.52.52.42.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)6.807.49
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)3.724.17
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)9.868.55
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)8.899.35
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)6.545.96
Population - Urban (%)79.0179.2779.5479.8280.1080.3980.6980.9981.3081.61
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)5.025.64
Population - Total (thousands)6,0986,1926,2826,3786,4786,5696,6546,7356,8126,888
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)2.753.09
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)71.571.771.872.572.872.572.571.972.273.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)7.986.95
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)11.3510.16
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)75.375.475.575.775.975.875.474.474.876.5
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)6.397.58
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)5.945.88
Population - Male (thousands)3,1013,1453,1883,2353,2843,3293,3703,4103,4473,484
Population - Female (%)49.1549.2049.2649.2949.3049.3249.3549.3849.4049.43
Annual rate of change of the migrant stock (%)2.311.39
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)11.6711.01
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)0.831.271.631.861.881.761.621.521.421.36
Population - Male (%)50.6850.6150.5750.5450.5250.5050.48
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
12.311.911.411.010.710.310.09.7
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)93.00
15.214.614.013.513.112.612.211.8
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)97.0097.00
15.214.614.013.513.112.612.211.8
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
12.311.911.411.010.710.310.09.7
13.813.312.812.311.911.511.110.8
13.813.312.812.311.911.511.110.8
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)
Literacy rate - Female (%)
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)91.02
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)
Literacy rate - Total (%)
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)7.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)85.59
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Literacy rate - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.991.011.01
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)99.95
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)96.72
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)43.024.421.335.0
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)33.817.715.325.1
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)173.45200.71260.72352.22
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)7.1415.7229.9035.09-1.204.5622.2618.24
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)37,74037,72238,71839,768
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)0000
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)10,89011,18511,69112,216
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)31,41233,27434,163
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)99.219.47
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)9.59.510.210.210.5
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)7,6367,3907,7558,143
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)9,4609,4609,460
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)0000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)37,73137,50336,42237,405
Tourism
World Bank, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), World Tourism Organization
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)4.534.595.00
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)6.346.355.10
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)
Transport

Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)14.3716.5721.1723.95
0.0050.0078.0878.0878.0878.0898.00
68,720
17.76
1.59
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)139.35157.41121.9394.3856.6043.91
200
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)133.56151.86117.9991.48
0.000.0040.0040.0040.0040.00
17.7619.0220.2721.76
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)8,497,0809,747,0807,660,0686,020,000
4.79
1.030.992.694.994.844.994.93
1.09
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)15.0017.1721.8824.7123.9923.69
62,80061,000168,920318,000318,000332,000332,000
50.0078.0878.0878.0078.0078.00
100,000
0
, 2018=100285,4601,381,1004,37057,85017,324,6103,820,900
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)18,49610,8297,27618,26530,37729,664
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)25,40816,89413,24313,66818,53324,497
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Interest rate - Lending (%)6.00
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)1.271.381.391.391.361.40
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)1.27
Deposit rate (%) (%)2.50
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Net ODA - current USD (millions)210.3157.4179.5431.9
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-72.14-80.63-78.83-24.7417.1321.11-54.4513.82
International reserves - current USD (millions)93,61577,65070,19185,33684,664
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)33.8925.2428.5267.75
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)19,88420,27920,620
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-78.30-53.47-25.3614.7026.8111.86-20.7221.60
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)4.80
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-11,118.7-5,567.5-1,902.9
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-7,376.9-4,175.4-2,797.5
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)50.0725.7492.6
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-19,033.3-9,346.0-4,705.2701.0
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)583.21,237751.0
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)77.0394.8440.0110.0275.5376.5-487.2-55.4
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)18,51119,23719,730
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-1,120.9-839.8-755.8
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)0.10
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Land area covered by forest (%)