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NORTHERN AFRICA

Libya

LY

Tripoli · pop. 7M · Arabic · Libyan dinar

Trajectories

economic complexity

#134

Slipping in export sophistication, from #83 in 1995.

2024 · −1.68

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995−0.22
1996−0.33−0.11 pts
19970.57+0.90 pts
1998high0.69+0.12 pts
1999−0.15−0.84 pts
2000−0.160 pts
2001−0.81−0.66 pts
2002−0.54+0.27 pts
2003−0.50+0.05 pts
2004−0.63−0.14 pts
2005−0.53+0.10 pts
2006−0.67−0.14 pts
2007−0.77−0.10 pts
2008−0.90−0.13 pts
2009−0.81+0.08 pts
2010−0.77+0.04 pts
2011−0.88−0.11 pts
2012low−2.28−1.40 pts
2013−2.13+0.15 pts
2014−1.87+0.25 pts
2015−1.49+0.39 pts
2016−1.05+0.43 pts
2017−1.35−0.29 pts
2018−1.76−0.42 pts
2019−1.92−0.16 pts
2020−1.45+0.47 pts
2021−1.72−0.27 pts
2022−1.86−0.14 pts
2023−1.99−0.13 pts
2024latest−1.68+0.31 pts

economic momentum

$6,569

Roughly flat since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $6,569

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$6,502
1991$7,040+8.3%
1992$7,303+3.7%
1993$6,478−11.3%
1994$5,933−8.4%
1995$5,205−12.3%
1996$5,591+7.4%
1997$6,062+8.4%
1998$5,301−12.5%
1999$6,895+30.1%
2000$7,214+4.6%
2001$6,313−12.5%
2002low$3,718−41.1%
2003$4,674+25.7%
2004$5,774+23.5%
2005$8,079+39.9%
2006$10.0K+24.4%
2007$11.1K+10.9%
2008$13.9K+24.8%
2009$9,551−31.3%
2010$11.6K+21.5%
2011$7,594−34.5%
2012high$15.0K+97.2%
2013$12.0K−20.2%
2014$8,926−25.3%
2015$7,458−16.4%
2016$7,526+0.9%
2017$9,966+32.4%
2018$11.2K+12.3%
2019$9,963−11.0%
2020$6,650−33.3%
2021$4,936−25.8%
2022$5,987+21.3%
2023$6,027+0.7%
2024latest$6,569+9.0%

prices

2.1%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 2.1%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
19908.5%
199111.9%+3.44 pts
19929.4%−2.54 pts
199311.1%+1.71 pts
19945.1%−5.96 pts
19957.2%+2.13 pts
19964.0%−3.21 pts
19973.6%−0.48 pts
19983.7%+0.16 pts
19992.6%−1.06 pts
2000−2.9%−5.55 pts
2001−8.8%−5.91 pts
2002low−9.8%−0.98 pts
2003−2.2%+7.61 pts
2004−2.2%−0.01 pts
20052.7%+4.85 pts
20061.5%−1.19 pts
20076.3%+4.79 pts
200810.4%+4.11 pts
20092.5%−7.90 pts
20102.8%+0.34 pts
201115.5%+12.7 pts
20126.1%−9.46 pts
20132.6%−3.45 pts
20142.4%−0.17 pts
201510.4%+7.97 pts
2016high25.9%+15.5 pts
201725.8%−0.05 pts
201813.2%−12.6 pts
2019−2.2%−15.3 pts
20201.4%+3.61 pts
20212.9%+1.42 pts
20224.5%+1.64 pts
20232.4%−2.14 pts
2024latest2.1%−0.25 pts

demographic curve

2.3 children per woman

Near replacement (2.1): the population is stabilising. Fell from 7.5 in 1980.

2024 · 2.3

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19607.5
19617.6+0.6%
19627.6+0.7%
19637.7+1.0%
19647.8+0.9%
19657.8+0.9%
19667.9+0.9%
19677.9+0.5%
19688.0+0.5%
19698.0+0.5%
19708.0+0.5%
1971high8.1+0.6%
19728.1−0.3%
19738.0−0.3%
19748.0−0.3%
19758.0−0.5%
19767.9−0.6%
19777.9−0.8%
19787.8−1.1%
19797.7−1.4%
19807.5−1.8%
19817.4−2.3%
19827.2−2.8%
19836.9−3.5%
19846.6−4.2%
19856.3−4.4%
19866.0−4.8%
19875.7−5.0%
19885.4−5.4%
19895.1−5.9%
19904.8−6.2%
19914.5−6.6%
19924.2−6.7%
19933.9−6.7%
19943.6−6.0%
19953.4−5.7%
19963.3−5.4%
19973.1−3.8%
19983.0−2.8%
19993.0−2.3%
20002.9−2.2%
20012.9−1.4%
20022.8−1.2%
20032.8−1.2%
20042.8−0.9%
20052.8−0.3%
20062.7−2.4%
20072.6−1.9%
20082.6−1.9%
20092.6−1.7%
20102.6+1.8%
20112.6+1.7%
20122.7+1.3%
20132.7+1.3%
20142.8+1.4%
20152.7−1.6%
20162.7−1.4%
20172.6−1.8%
20182.6−1.7%
20192.5−1.6%
20202.5−1.3%
20212.5−1.8%
20222.4−2.4%
20232.4−2.0%
2024latest2.3−2.4%

Metrics

  1. population
    7M
    105 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $44B
    94 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $6,027
    89 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $2B
    61 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    5.3%
    9 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    1.8M km²
    18 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    3.9 /km²
    165 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    69.3 yr
    120 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    88%
    54 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    8.7 t
    19 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    88%
    23 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.3
    73 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    12%
    42 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. scientific articles / yr
    408
    104 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  15. high-tech exports %
    1%
    136 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  16. youth unemployment
    50%
    163 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  17. democracy (v-dem)
    0.10
    133 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  18. clean government
    13
    159 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  19. press freedom
    55.7
    149 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  20. human development
    0.721
    96 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  21. refugees hosted
    200K
    33 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  22. refugees produced
    17K
    46 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data