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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

Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-25

Turkish Airlines to relaunch Libya flights after 10-year hiatus

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-03-24

Bodies of 65 people found in mass grave in Libya: UN migration agency

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-22

Libya: At least 65 migrants found in mass grave

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-22

Libya: At least 65 migrants found in mass grave

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-22

At least 65 migrant bodies found in Libya mass grave

Read: BBC

2024-03-22

Mass grave with bodies of at least 65 migrants found in the deserts of western Libya

Read: The Star

2024-03-22

Metrics

Business

GDP 45,752,300,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.51 annual %
Self-employed 14.84 % of total employment
Unemployment 19.30 % 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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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 3 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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