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Libya, is a country located at Northern Africa, it has an area of 1,759,540 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Libya, with a population of 6,735,277 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 4 people per km2.

It's capital is Tripoli and its currency is Dinars

Libya is holding the 93 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2014 was 12,162 millions of euros (16,161 millions of dollars), ( 36.39% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,943 euros per inhabitant$2,582 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Libya, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.718 points in 2021, leaving it in 104th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Libya are business, you must know it's in the 186th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Libya, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Tripoli: Monthly Temp.
Tripoli: Monthly Rainfall
Libya Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€43,450M
Annual GDP [+]2022$45,752M
GDP per capita [+]2022€6,451
GDP per capita [+]2022$6,793
Debt (M.€.) [+]201412,162
Debt ($M) [+]201416,161
Debt (%GDP) [+]201436.39%
Debt Per Capita [+]2014€1,943
Debt Per Capita [+]2014$2,582
Deficit (M.€) [+]20228,308
Deficit ($M) [+]20228,756
Deficit (%GDP) [+]202223.17%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202226,928.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]202228,379.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]1999788.0
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]1999840.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]19998.14%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20111,325.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20111,844.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20160%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20146,683.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20148,881.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201410.91%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202275.09%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€3,998
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$4,214
Education Expenditure P.C [+]1999€155
Education Expenditure P.C [+]1999$165
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2011€142
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2011$198
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2014€1,068
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2014$1,419
Fitch Rating [+]04/13/2011B
Corruption Index [+]202217
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2015126º
Fragile States Index [+]201894.6
Labour
NMW [+]2022$93.5
Business
Doing Business [+]2020186º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201916,100
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20193.42
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020489.91
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20130%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]200834,000
Exports [+]2021€21,727.4M
Exports [+]2021$25,697.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202173.00%
Imports [+]2021€13,826.0M
Imports [+]2021$16,352.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202146.46%
Trade balance [+]2021€7,901.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$9,345.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202126.55%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20214
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023137º
% Immigrant [+]202012.42%
% Emigrant [+]20202.79%
Birth Rate [+]202117.83‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,003.7
Crude death rate [+]20216.02‰
Fertility Rate [+]20212.46
Population [+]20216,735,277
Immigrant stock [+]2020826,537
Emigrant stock [+]2020185,518
HDI [+]20210.718
Life expectancy [+]202171.91
Suicides [+]2015347
Suicide rate [+]20155.50
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20219.38
Annual crude oil production [+]20221,058
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202148,363.0
Consumption GWh [+]202127,180
Generation GWh [+]202132,020
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20246,437
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024507,269
Fully vaccinated [+]01/16/20231,236,102
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024955.71
Doses administered [+]01/16/20233,739,158