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General Information

Region		Northern Africa
Population (000, 2025)		7 459^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		4.4^a
Capital city		Tripoli
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 160.9^c
UN membership date		14 December 1955
Surface area (km2)		1 676 198^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		103.4^a
National currency		Libyan Dinar (LYD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		4.9^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	48 718	46 854	44 030^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.8	-50.1	10.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	7 458.0	6 650.0	6 027.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	3.9	3.6	3.6^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	31.2	42.4	43.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	64.9	54	52.8^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	9.8	9.2	8.7^b
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	23.3	23.2	23.2^b
Employment in services^e (% employed)	66.9	67.6	68.1^b
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	19.7	19.6	17.6
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	34.1 / 64.1	33.5 / 63.3	32.5 / 62.9
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	142	253	278^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	105	106^b
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	25 949	8 454	30 164^d
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	12 865	11 510	17 901^d
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	13 084	- 3 056	12 263^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 9 346	- 4 780	1 865^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5	1.3	1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	79.3	80.4^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.5^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.7	2.5	2.3^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.2 / 68.6	75.7 / 69.5	75.3 / 71.2^a
Population age distribution^g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	31.0 / 6.5	29.5 / 7.1	26.8 / 8.5^a
International migrant stock^h,i (000/% of total pop.)	771.1 / 11.8	826.5 / 11.7	897.8 / 12.2^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	471.7	460.9	190.6^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	14.6	11.9	12.1^a
Health: Current expenditure^e,j,k (% of GDP)	5.8	7.1	4.7^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.9	2^m	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	16	16ⁿ	16.5ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	17.8^o	87.6	88.5^b
Threatened species (number)	54	75	99^d
Forested area (% of land area)	0.1^e	0.1^e	0.1^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	51.9 / 7.9	30.3 / 4.3	47.2 / 6.5^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 569	1 204	2 668^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	134	70	106^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.32	0.45	0.71^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Estimate.
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		Including refugees.
i		Refers to foreign citizens.
j		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
k		Est. should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
l		2022
m		2017
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		2014