International Rankings of Libya 2024, 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	5.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	106	332000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	73	46.20 %	2021
Internet users - total	116	3.095 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	23.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	69	1.218 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	97	43.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	143	2.900 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	64	37.475 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	68	28.005 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	111	25.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	185	4.780 billion US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	146	3.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	108	4.51	N/A
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	38.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	54	19.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	62	71.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	59	33.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	143	2.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	43	1.30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	138	1.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	8	52.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	157	46.40 % of GDP	2017
Imports	104	14.334 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	189	10.57 %	2019
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	8	28.50 %	2017
Labor force	122	2.280 million US Dollars	2021
Public debt	195	4.70 % 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	51.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	20	19.58 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	2	73.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	6	41.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	4	50.50 %	2021
Energy
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	69	38.297 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	69	25.360 billion 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 - electrification - total population	41	70	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	1	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	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 - 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 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	51 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	38	46 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	45	30 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	172	9	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	8	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	42	82	2023
Geography
Area - land	18	1.760 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	20	1.760 million sq km	N/A
Coastline	66	1770 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	92	2267 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	46	47 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	84	423 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	57	4700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	47	4339 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	172	9	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	8	2018
Population Density	224	4.12 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	59	20.90 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	37	12 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	103	27.70 %	2014
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	66	59 %	2023
Death rate	88	3.50 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	124	7.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	13.80 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	115	50.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	82	43.50 %	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	39	1.48 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	112	9.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	110	12.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	110	11.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	54	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	56	77 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	68	86 %	2015
Literacy - male	26	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	50	91 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	76	72.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	123	26 years	N/A
Median age - male	114	26 years	N/A
Median age - total	110	26 years	2023
Net migration rate	79	2.10 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	16	32.50 %	2016
Physicians density	77	2.09 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	106	7.253 million	2023
Population growth rate	57	1.54 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	114	1 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	17	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	47	3.04 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.45	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	42	82	2023
Transportation
Airports	70	66	2024
Merchant marine - total	86	96	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	55.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Libya 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Libya 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.