International Rankings of Libya 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Libya, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Libya, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	132	3	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	117	168920	0
Internet users - percent of population	185	21.76 %	2018
Internet users - total	130	1.441 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	66	23.95	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	63	1.619 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	154	91.48	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	114	6.182 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	69	23.460 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	75	15.780 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	111	25.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	109	48.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	149	32.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	109	73.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	102	64.7	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	90	52.259 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	85	38.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	54	19.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	61	71.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	58	33.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	140	2.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	42	1.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	138	1.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	8	52.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	150	46.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	1	60.3 %	2017
Labor force	137	1.114 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	48	23 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	79	59 %	2004
Population below poverty line	155		0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	87	102.842 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	84	15174 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	14	51.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	63	46.480 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	24	337800	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	20	1.039 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	10	48.360 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	66	27.300 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	82	376.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	63	9.460 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	61	34.240 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	63	4.446 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	32	4.644 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	44	9.089 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	21	1.505 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	50	260000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	71	16880 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	37	168200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	69	89620 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	52	50.56 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	38	45.76 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	22	44.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	167	8.8	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	7.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.06 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	161	700.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	53	4.850 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	74	280.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	64	700.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	44	81	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	19	1.760 million sq km	0
Area - total	20	1.760 million sq km	0
Area - water	208	018 sq km	0
Coastline	64	1770 km	0
Elevation - highest point	85	2267 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	47	47 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	83	423 meters	0
Irrigated land	56	4700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	45	4339 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	167	8.8	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	7.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	160	700.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	104	15.21 %	3728
Age structure - 25-54 years	76	41.57 %	3086
Age structure - 55-64 years	154	5.52 %	3560
Birth rate	58	22.23 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	102	27.7 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	189	3.46 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	108	6.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	44	15 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	116	47.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	81	41 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	1.5 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	75	9500	2020
Hospital bed density	37	3.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	122	9.93 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	123	12.97 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	122	11.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	80	79.29 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	70	74.68 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	77	76.93 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	73	72	2017
Median age - female	115	25.7 years	2020
Median age - male	102	25.9 years	0
Median age - total	107	25.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	112	1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	16	32.5 %	2016
Physicians density	78	2.09 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	103	7.017 million	2021
Population growth rate	52	1.76 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	16	1.09	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	41	3.13 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	4	67.8	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	6	40.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	5	48.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	44	81	2021
Transportation
Airports	39	146	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	21	30	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	32	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	6	23	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	32	68	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	18	14	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	39	78	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	48	20	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	102	927153	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	61	55	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	49	34000 km	2010
Roadways - total	76	37000 km	2010
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Libya on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Libya 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Libya 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.