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Libya

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Libya is a country. The capital city is Tripoli, located in the Northern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,759,540 km², a population of 7,305,659 people and uses the currency Libyan dinar. The Prime Minister is Fayez al-Sarraj.

Key facts

currency: Libyan dinar
capital city: Tripoli
region: Northern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,759,540 km²
population: 7,305,659 people
political leader: Fayez al-Sarraj (Prime Minister)

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GDP: 45,096,462,972.40 current US$
inflation: 2.37 annual %
self-employed workers: 15.09 % of total employment
unemployment: 18.75 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 12.82 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 0 people
democracy score: 2.19
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 119,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 88.50 % of population
military expenditure: 15.48 % of GDP
net migration: -2,001 people
press freedom: 1.40
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 16.47 %
birth rate: 17.30 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.95 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 312.85 current US$
health expenditure: 4.02 % of GDP
hospital beds: 3.20 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 72
suicide mortality rate: 4.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 153,500.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 61.26 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 70.00 % of population
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: 2.40 births per woman
forest area: 2,170 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.11 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 95.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 23.20
methane emissions: 28.39 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,591,018 people
male population: 3,714,641 people
renewable energy consumption: 3.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,619,018.28 km²
rural population: 1,343,803 people
urban land area: 2,958.15 km²
urban population: 5,961,856 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 5.80 % of total population

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Libya is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Northern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of diseases in Libya by start date

Distribution of politicians from Libya by birth year

Distribution of artists from Libya by birth year

Distribution of sites in Libya by inscription year

Evolution of historical median inflation in Libya with forecast

Evolution of historical urban land area in Libya with forecast

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Libya with forecast

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Libya with forecast

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Libya by mean width

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Map of the distribution of cities in Libya by population

Share of politicians per gender in Libya

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Share of revenue types by company in Libya

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Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Libya

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Libya

Correlation of methane emissions and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Libya

Correlation of rural population and urban land area by countries yearly in Libya

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