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Libya

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

6777.5K

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Mid-year population

25.1B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

12.4

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

114.5

₂₀₀₆

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.4
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.6
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.1	75.2	75.3	75.5	75.6	75.8	76.0
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	69.5	69.3	69.1	69.1	69.1	69.2	69.4	69.7	69.9	70.1
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	72.0	72.0	71.9	71.9	72.0	72.1	72.3	72.5	72.7	72.9
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)	6.4					6.4		7.6
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)	6.5					6.5		6.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)	8.0					8.0		7.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)	9.9					9.9		8.6
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)	11.4					11.4		10.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)	11.7					11.7		11.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)	10.7					10.7		10.7
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)	8.9					8.9		9.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)	6.8					6.8		7.5
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)	5.9					5.9		5.9
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)	5.0					5.0		5.6
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)	3.7					3.7		4.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)	2.8					2.8		3.1
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)	2.4					2.4		3.5
Population - Female (%)	49.3	49.6	50.1
Population - Female (thousands)	3,033	3,064	3,089	3,112	3,138	3,170	3,209	3,255	3,305	3,355
Population - Male (thousands)	3,164	3,183	3,197	3,208	3,224	3,248	3,283	3,326	3,374	3,423
Population - Total (thousands)	6,198	6,247	6,286	6,320	6,362	6,418	6,492	6,581	6,679	6,777
Population - Urban (%)	78.1	78.3	78.5	78.8	79.0	79.3	79.5	79.8	80.1	80.4
Population - Urban (%)	78.1	78.3	78.5	78.8	79.0	79.3	79.5	79.8
Population - Urban (thousands)	4,815	4,848	4,866	4,880	4,902	4,942	5,006	5,088
Total fertility rate (per woman)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, World Health Organization

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
Neo-natal mortality (Per 1,000 live births)	8.8	8.4	8.0	7.6	7.3	7.0	6.8	6.5
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	93.0	93.0	93.0	93.0	93.0
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	16.6	17.6	15.1	14.5	13.9	13.4

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)				84.4		85.6
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)				96.3		96.7
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)				90.3		91.0
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)				99.9		100.0
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	102.5	49.7	127.6	83.7	43.0	24.4	21.3	35.0
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	80.9	40.6	101.2	65.8	33.8	17.7	15.3	25.1

Prices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Inflation, all items (index)	129.81	150.45	159.59	163.72	168.31	181.77	234.16	310.96
Inflation, all items - Annual change (%)	2.5	15.9	6.1	2.6	2.4	9.8	25.9	28.0
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	3.3	26.7	-3.7	1.7	7.1	15.7	29.9	35.1
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	130.48	165.25	159.18	161.89	173.45	200.71	260.72	352.22

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)			12,994	14,253	10,890	11,185	11,691	12,216
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	27,357	22,012	28,497	22,465
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	32,753	28,649	31,174	37,913	37,731	37,503	36,422	37,405
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0	8.76	8.76	8.76	9	9.21	9.47
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)			7,457	8,110	7,636	7,390	7,755	8,143
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	7,070	8,911	8,912	9,460	9,460	9,460	9,460
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	32,753	28,657	31,183	37,922	37,740	37,722	38,718	39,768

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	2,184		2,654	2,598
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	0.34
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	170.0
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	4.0	5.0	7.0	5.0	4.5	4.6		5.0
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	4.2	7.2	6.8	6.3	6.3	6.4		5.1

Transport

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Paved Road (% of total) (%)	57.2

Information society

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	19.9	16.2	13.1	12.7	14.7	17.1	21.8	24.7
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	14.0	14.0		16.5	17.8	19.0	20.3	21.8
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	10,900,000	10,000,000	9,587,000	10,235,300	8,497,080	9,747,080	7,660,068	6,020,000
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	176.7	161.5	154.7	165.2	137.0	156.3	121.7	94.4

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Deposit rate (%) (%)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	1.27	1.22	1.26	1.27	1.27
Interest rate - Lending (%)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)		1.8
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	1.23	103.51	14.06	20.79	33.89	25.24	28.52	67.75
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	7.6	641.1	87.1	128.8	210.3	157.4	179.5	431.9

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	21.1	9.9	29.9	0.0	-78.5	-54.4	-24.7	2.2
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	16,801	3,192	23,836	9.6	-19,033.3	-9,346.0	-4,705.2	701.0
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	-2,292.0	2,550	-2,537.5	-2,694.8
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	14,509	5,742	21,299	-2,802.9
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	1,909	131.0	1,425	702.0	50.0	725.7	492.6
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	16,334	16,334	17,759	18,461	18,511	19,237	19,730
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	2,722	131.0	2,509	6.0	77.0	394.8	440.0	110.0
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	16,615	16,746	19,255	19,962	19,884	20,279	20,620
Portfolio Investment (Net) - US dollars (millions)	4,396	324.1	540.3	1,698
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-30.0	55.6	-1,931.9	-415.0	583.2	1,237	751.0
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-1,828.0	-377.0	-2,824.2	-3,252.2	-1,120.9	-839.8	-755.8
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-5,717.3	-4,346.2	-6,843.7	-8,291.6	-7,376.9	-4,175.4	-2,797.5
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)					4.8
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	24,376	7,860	35,436	11,968	-11,118.7	-5,567.5	-1,902.9
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-1,609.0	-650.0	-1,971.0	-3,199.3

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Bank

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	66,057	39,021
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	0.36	0.56
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	139.30	131.90	144.10	144.00
Emissions of carbon dioxide - metric tons (millions)	48.1	34.4	44.2	48.2	47.9
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)	118.0	192.0
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)						0.1
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Land area covered by forest (%)	0.1
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)	0.2		0.2

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