Table

Libya. Source:CIA The World Factbook
N Item Value Unit Rank Date of Information Remark
1 Area 1,759,540.00 (sq km) 18 Area compares the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
2 Population 6,754,507 Population 107 July 2018 est. Population compares estimates from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends.
3 Median age 29.4 (years) 125
4 Population growth rate 1.45 (%) 77 2018 est. Population growth rate compares the average annual percent change in populations, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative.
5 Birth rate 17.2 (births/1,000 population) 104 2018 est. Birth rate compares the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate.
6 Death rate 3.7 (deaths/1,000 population) 215 2018 est. Death rate compares the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate.
7 Net migration rate 0.9 (migrant(s)/1,000 population) 63 2018 est. Net migration rate compares the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population).
8 Maternal mortality rate 9 (deaths/100,000 live births) 152 2015 est. The Maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes).
9 Infant mortality rate 10.5 (deaths/1,000 live births) 130 est. Infant mortality rate compares the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
10 Life expectancy at birth 76.9 (years) 83 est. Life expectancy at birth compares the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages.
11 Total fertility rate 2.03 (children born/woman) 115 2018 est. Total fertility rate (TFR) compares figures for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. TFR is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman.
12 Health expenditures 5 (% of GDP) 141 2014 Health expenditures provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
13 Obesity - adult prevalence rate 32.5 (%) 16 2016 Obesity - adult prevalence rate gives the percent of a country’s population considered to be obese.
14 Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 48.7 (%) 4 est. Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year.
15 GDP (purchasing power parity) $61,970,000,000 GDP (purchasing power parity) 106 2017 est. GDP (purchasing power parity) compares the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation’s GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States.
16 GDP - real growth rate 64 (%) 1 2017 est. GDP - real growth rate compares GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
17 GDP - per capita (PPP) $9,600 GDP - per capita (PPP) 141 2017 est. GDP - per capita (PPP) compares GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year.
18 Gross national saving 5 (% of GDP) 177 2017 est. Gross national saving is derived by deducting final consumption expenditure from Gross national disposable income, and consists of personal saving, plus business saving, plus government saving, but excludes foreign saving. The figures are presented as a percent of GDP. A negative number indicates that the economy as a whole is spending more income than it produces, thus drawing down national wealth (dissaving).
19 Industrial production growth rate 60.3 (%) 1 2017 est. Industrial production growth rate compares the annual percentage increase in industrial production (includes manufacturing, mining, and construction).
20 Labor force 1,114,000 Labor force 143 2017 est. Labor force compares the total labor force figure.
21 Unemployment rate 30 (%) 207 2004 est. Unemployement rate compares the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
22 Taxes and other revenues 51.6 (% (of GDP)) 14 2017 est. Taxes and other revenues records total taxes and other revenues received by the national government during the time period indicated, expressed as a percent of GDP. Taxes include personal and corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and tariffs. Other revenues include social contributions - such as payments for social security and hospital insurance - grants, and net revenues from public enterprises.
23 Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) -25.1 (% (of GDP)) 219 2017 est. Budget surplus or deficit records the difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit).
24 Public debt 4.7 (% of GDP) 205 2017 est. Public debt compares the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country’s home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt.
25 Inflation rate (consumer prices) 28.50 (%) 221 2017 est. Inflation rate (consumer prices) compares the annual percent change in consumer prices with the previous year’s consumer prices.
26 Central bank discount rate 9.52 (%) 27 31 December 2010 Central bank discount rate compares the annualized interest rate a country’s central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.
27 Commercial bank prime lending rate 7.3 (%) 115 31 December 2017 est. Commercial bank prime lending rate compares a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
28 Stock of narrow money $76,210,000,000 Stock of narrow money 45 31 December 2017 est. “Stock of money compares”“M1”" which is the total quantity of currency in circulation (notes and coins) plus demand deposits denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. The national currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate on the date of the information."
29 Stock of broad money $76,210,000,000 Stock of broad money 45 31 December 2017 est. “Stock of quasi money compares the total quantity of time and savings deposits denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. When added together with”“M1”" the total money supply is known as “”M2.“” The national currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate on the date of the information."
30 Stock of domestic credit $21,000,000,000 Stock of domestic credit 90 31 December 2017 est. Stock of domestic credit compares the total quantity of credit, denominated in the domestic currency, provided by banks to nonbanking institutions. The national currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate on the date of the information.
31 Current account balance $2,574,000,000 Current account balance 35 2017 est. Current account balance compares a country’s net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings, and net transfer payments to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis.
32 Exports $18,380,000,000 Exports 72 2017 est. Exports compares the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis.
33 Imports $11,360,000,000 Imports 96 2017 est. Imports compares the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis.
34 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold $74,710,000,000 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 31 December 2017 est. Reserves of foreign exchange and gold compares the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to the central monetary authority for use in meeting a country’s balance of payments needs as of the end-date of the period specified.
35 Debt - external $3,020,000,000 Debt - external 143 31 December 2017 est. Debt - external compares the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis.
36 Stock of direct foreign investment - at home $20,210,000,000 Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 78 31 December 2017 est. Stock of direct foreign investment - at home compares the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in the home country made directly by residents - primarily companies - of other countries as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.
37 Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad $20,970,000,000 Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 52 31 December 2017 est. Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad compares the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in foreign countries made directly by residents - primarily companies - of the home country, as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.
38 Electricity - production 34,240,000,000 (kWh) 61 2016 est. Electricity - production compares the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours.
39 Electricity - consumption 27,300,000,000 (kWh) 65 2016 est. Electricity - consumption compares total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours.
40 Electricity - exports 0 (kWh) 160 2015 est. Electricity exports is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
41 Electricity - imports 376,000,000 (kWh) 83 2016 est. Electricity - imports is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
42 Electricity - installed generating capacity 9,460,000.00 (kW) 62 2016 est. Electricity - installed generating capacity is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
43 Electricity - from fossil fuels 100 (% of total installed capacity) 11 2016 est. Electricity from fossil fuels measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country’s total generating capacity.
44 Electricity - from nuclear fuels 0 (% of total installed capacity) 129 2017 est. Electricity - from nuclear fuels measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country’s total generating capacity.
45 Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 0 (% of total installed capacity) 183 2017 est. Electricity - from hydroelectric plants measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country’s total generating capacity.
46 Electricity - from other renewable sources 0 (% of total installed capacity) 199 2017 est. Electricity - from other renewable sources measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country’s total generating capacity.
47 Crude oil - production 897,100 (bbl/day) 21 2017 est. Crude oil - production is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
48 Crude oil - exports 337,800 (bbl/day) 23 2015 est. Crude oil - exports is the total amount of crude oil exported, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
49 Crude oil - imports 0 (bbl/day) 154 2015 est. Crude oil - imports is the total amount of crude oil imported, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
50 Crude oil - proved reserves 48,360,000,000 (bbl) 9 1 January 2018 est. Crude oil - proved reserves is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil, in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
51 Refined petroleum products - production 89,620 (bbl/day) 69 2015 est. Refined petroleum products - production is the country’s total output of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
52 Refined petroleum products - consumption 260,000 (bbl/day) 49 2016 est. Refined petroleum products - consumption is the country’s total consumption of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
53 Refined petroleum products - exports 16,880 (bbl/day) 71 2015 est. Refined petroleum products - exports is the country’s total exports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
54 Refined petroleum products - imports 168,200 (bbl/day) 36 2015 est. Refined petroleum products - imports is the country’s total imports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
55 Natural gas - production 9,089,000,000 (cu m) 43 2017 est. Natural gas - production compares the total natural gas produced in cubic meters (cu m).
56 Natural gas - consumption 4,446,000,000 (cu m) 64 2017 est. Natural gas - consumption compares the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m).
57 Natural gas - exports 4,644,000,000 (cu m) 31 2017 est. Natural gas - exports compares the total natural gas exported in cubic meters (cu m).
58 Natural gas - imports 0 (cu m) 150 2017 est. Natural gas - imports compares the total natural gas imported in cubic meters (cu m).
59 Natural gas - proved reserves 1,505,000,000,000 (cu m) 21 1 January 2018 est. Natural gas - proved reserves compares the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m).
60 Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 46,480,000.00 (Mt) 62 2017 est. Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy is the total amount of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons, released by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy.
61 Telephones - fixed lines 1,374,408 Telephones - fixed lines 65 July 2016 est. Telephones - main lines in use compares the total number of main telephone lines in use.
62 Telephones - mobile cellular 7,660,068 Telephones - mobile cellular 101 July 2016 est. Telephones - mobile cellular compares the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
63 Internet users 1,326,194 Internet users 125 July 2016 est. Internet users compares the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
64 Broadband - fixed subscriptions 168,920 Broadband - fixed subscriptions 112 2017 est.
65 Airports 146 Airports 41 2013 Airports compares the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved or unpaved and may include closed or abandoned installations.
66 Merchant marine 98 Merchant marine 88 Merchant marine compares all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.