Libya
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Key facts
- Currency: Libyan dinar
- Capital city: Tripoli
- Region: Northern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 1,759,540 km²
- Population: 6,812,341
- Political Leader: Fayez al-Sarraj (Prime Minister)
Latest news (see all)
Libyan leaders must put national interests above their own, top envoy tells Security Council
Read: United Nations
2024-04-16
US judge claims no jurisdiction over lawsuits accusing Libyan commander of war crimes
Read: Fox News
2024-04-15
US judge tosses out lawsuits against Libyan commander accused of war crimes
Read: The Star
2024-04-14
US judge tosses out lawsuits against Libyan commander accused of war crimes
Read: Independent
2024-04-14
Metrics
General information
Business
| GDP | 45,752,300,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 4.51 annual % |
| Self-employed | 14.84 % of total employment |
| Unemployment | 18.52 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 13.03 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 153,500.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.00 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 44,467.00 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 53.70 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 46.30 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -102.96 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 2.46 births per woman |
| Forest area | 2,170 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 99.11 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,093.93 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 22.60 years |
| Methane emissions | 24,033.10 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 1,797.65 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 3,365,279 |
| Male Population | 3,447,062 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 3.12 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 1,619,020.00 km² |
| Rural population | 1,273,772 |
| Urban land area | 2,958.15 km² |
| Urban population | 5,538,569 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 5.80 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 17.83 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 6.02 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 312.85 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 6.05 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.07 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 3.20 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 4.50 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 70.21 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 135,000 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 17.76 % of population |
| Net migration | -2,000 |
| Press freedom | 1.40 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 0 |
| Democracy score | 2.19 |
| Democracy type | Authoritarian |
| Military expenditure | 15.48 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 16.47 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
