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Libya

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Key facts

  • currency: Libyan dinar
  • capital city: Tripoli
  • region: Northern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 1,759,540 km²
  • population: 6,888,388 people
  • political leader: Fayez al-Sarraj (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Summary

Libya is a country. The capital city is Tripoli, located in the Northern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,759,540 km², a population of 6,888,388 people and uses the currency Libyan dinar. The Prime Minister is Fayez al-Sarraj.

Location on a map: [25°0′N, 17°0′E]

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Environment

Libya is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Northern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 153,500.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 62.74 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 70.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 53.70 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 46.30 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -102.96 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.40 births per woman
  • Forest area: 2,170 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.11 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 104.51 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 22.90
  • Methane emissions: 35.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 3,404,637 people
  • Male population: 3,483,751 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 3.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,619,018.28 km²
  • Rural population: 1,267,050 people
  • Urban land area: 2,958.15 km²
  • Urban population: 5,621,338 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 5.80 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Libya by population

Cities in Libya

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Evolution of historical forest area in Libya

Distribution of sites in Libya by inscription year

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Libya

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Libya

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Libya

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Libya

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Libya

Evolution of historical land area in Libya

Evolution of historical median age in Libya

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Libya

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

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Geographical distribution of sites in Libya by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Libya

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Evolution of historical population in Libya

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Evolution of historical female population in Libya

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Libya

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Evolution of historical rural population in Libya

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Evolution of historical urban land area in Libya

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Evolution of historical urban population in Libya

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Libya

Relationship between population and date in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Libya

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Libya

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Libya

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Libya

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Libya

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Libya

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Libya

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Libya

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Libya

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Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Libya

Sites in Libya

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Libya

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Libya

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Libya

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Libya

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Libya

Proportion of transboundary sites in Libya

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Libya by mean width

Wildfires in Libya

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Libya

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 0 people
  • Democracy score: 2.19
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 119,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 88.43 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 15.48 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -2,000 people
  • Press freedom: 1.40
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 16.47 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Libya

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Libya

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Libya

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Libya

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Libya

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Libya

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Libya

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Libya

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Libya

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Libya

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Libya

Evolution of historical net migration in Libya

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Libya

Political parties in Libya

Distribution of politicians from Libya by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Libya

Politicians from Libya

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Health

  • Birth rate: 17.30 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.95 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 312.85 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.02 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 3.20 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 72
  • Suicide mortality rate: 4.50 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Libya

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Libya

Evolution of historical death rate in Libya

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Libya

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Libya

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Libya

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Libya

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Libya

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Libya

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Libya

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Libya

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Libya

Diseases in Libya

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Libya

Proportion of diseases in Libya by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Libya by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Libya

Evolution of historical deaths in Libya

Relationship between cases and deaths in Libya

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Business

  • Gdp: 50,491,722,445.78 current US$
  • Inflation: 2.37 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 14.84 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 18.74 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 13.03 % of total employment

Shops in Libya

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Libya

Companies from Libya

Proportion of employee types in companies from Libya

Distribution of companies founded in Libya by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Libya

Evolution of historical central government debt in Libya

Evolution of historical expense in Libya

Evolution of historical GDP in Libya

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Libya

Evolution of historical inflation in Libya

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Libya

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Libya

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Libya

Evolution of historical unemployment in Libya

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Libya

Exchanges in Libya

Proportion of shops per country in Libya

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Libya by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Libya

Athletes from Libya

Proportion of competitions per city in Libya

Competitions in Libya

Proportion of competitions per country in Libya

Distribution of competitions in Libya by start date

Proportion of medals won by Libya in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Libya

Distribution of artists from Libya by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Libya

Geographical distribution of museums in Libya by visitors

Museums in Libya

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Libya by total students

Distribution of universities in Libya per foundation year

Universities in Libya

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In literature

There are 203 books written about Libya in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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