International Rankings of Libya 2023, 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	49	5	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	106	332000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	73	46.2 %	2021
Internet users - total	116	3.095 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	23	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	60	1.600 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	99	43	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	142	2.900 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	65	37.475 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	68	28.005 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	111	25.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	185	4.780 billion US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	145	3.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	109	9.537 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	91	52.259 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	89	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	62	71.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	59	33.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	143	2.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	43	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	157	46.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	103	14.334 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	188	10.57 %	2019
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	8	28.5 %	2017
Labor force	122	2.280 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	49	23 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	83	59 %	2004
Population below poverty line	159	%	0
Public debt	189	4.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	79	147.942 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	2	31.37 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	80	22000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	33	82.262 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	5	51.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	20	19.58 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	2	73.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	6	41.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	4	50.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	65	8.279 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	54	30.018 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	69	25.360 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	89	465.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	64	10.516 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	39	6.801 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	53	107.118 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	55	7.670 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	30	4.441 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	38	12.415 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	21	1.505 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	16	1.067 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	9	48.363 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	56	219700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	17	1.253 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	73	16880 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	38	168200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	71	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	172	8.8	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - forest	183	0.1	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7.6	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	92	0.06 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	164	700.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	51	4.850 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	72	280.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	64	700.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	42	81.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	20	1.760 million sq km	0
Area - total	21	1.760 million sq km	0
Area - water	222	018 sq km	0
Coastline	66	1770 km	0
Elevation - highest point	97	2267 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	48	47 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	84	423 meters	0
Irrigated land	57	4700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	47	4339 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	172	8.8	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - forest	183	0.1	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	0
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	167	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	95	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	61	20.88 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	45	11.7 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	103	27.7 %	2014
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	66	59.2 %	2023
Death rate	195	3.45 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	124	7.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	13.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	115	50.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	82	43.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	101	0.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	39	1.48 %	2023
Hospital bed density	39	3.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	127	9.48 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	125	12.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	128	10.95 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	84	79.76 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	75	75.2 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	79	77.42 years	0
Literacy - female	68	85.6 %	2015
Literacy - male	26	96.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	50	91 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	76	72 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	119	25.7 years	2020
Median age - male	107	25.9 years	0
Median age - total	112	25.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	141	2.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	16	32.5 %	2016
Physicians density	77	2.09 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	107	7.253 million	2023
Population growth rate	56	1.54 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	17	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	45	3.04 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	42	81.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	2	73.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	6	41.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	4	50.5	0
Transportation
Airports	39	146	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	41	781000	3280
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	90	94	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	103	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	49	34000 km	2010
Roadways - total	84	37000 km	2010
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Libya 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Libya 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.