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IndicatorLBYLibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #122
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile16.9rank #193
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.26rank #92
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.12rank #135
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.54rank #99
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile23.7rank #191
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #122
Military spending% GDP5.3%rank #8
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.09rank #133
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile33.5rank #192
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile27.4rank #197
Rule of Law0-100 percentile27.7rank #197
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #136
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.19rank #120
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #130
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile33.5rank #177
Women in parliament% seats16.5%rank #129
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.41rank #134
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment10%rank #106
Agriculture value added% GDP1.5%rank #137
Current account balance% GDP4.2%rank #36
Employment-to-population ratio%38.4%rank #166
FDI net inflows% GDP1.8%rank #114
GDPcurrent US$48.1Brank #100
GDP growth%13.4%rank #2
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$6,448.8rank #107
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $14,118.2rank #106
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $19,831.4rank #79
Gross capital formation% GDP14.3%rank #119
Gross savings% GDP25.9%rank #59
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.6%rank #147
Industry value added% GDP73.2%rank #2
Inflation%1.8%rank #52
Labour force participation rate%47.3%rank #162
Personal remittances received% GDP0.03%rank #165
Trade openness% GDP137.7%rank #23
Unemployment% labor force18.8%rank #173
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%18.7%rank #173
Vulnerable employment% employment21.6%rank #70
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2450.1%rank #178
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2450.3%rank #178
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop96.4%rank #80
Basic sanitation access% pop88.5%rank #104
Child mortalityper 1000.98rank #47
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,867.2rank #106
DTP3 immunization coverage%86%rank #14
Health spending% GDP7.8%rank #63
Infant mortalityper 1k births7.9rank #40
Life expectancyyears71.1rank #147
Maternal mortalityper 100k59rank #43
Measles immunization% children89%rank #11
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%89%rank #11
Physiciansper 1k2rank #71
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m320rank #116
Road traffic deathsper 100k21.3rank #88
Smoking prevalence% adults24.2%rank #88
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5rank #61
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k63rank #81
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births9.8rank #75
Undernourishment% pop16.5%rank #52
Education
Adult literacy%60.2%rank #2
Education spending% GDP2.3%rank #100
Expected years of schoolingyears12.9rank #116
Mean years of schoolingyears7.8rank #126
Primary completion rate% relevant age90.1%rank #19
Primary enrollment% gross107%rank #52
Secondary enrollment% gross97.6%rank #35
Tertiary enrollment% gross58.5%rank #22
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00016.5rank #91
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.3rank #85
Median age of populationyears27.2rank #134
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.27rank #113
Populationpeople7.46Mrank #105
Population growth%1%rank #98
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years79.3rank #107
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands9,260.6rank #105
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age48.9rank #160
Urban population%87.9%rank #29
Climate
CO₂ emissionst65.26Mrank #51
CO₂ per capitat8.8rank #27
Electricity access% pop77.4%rank #41
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation0.03%rank #160
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita3,796.1rank #58
Forest area% land0.12%rank #205
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita14.9rank #175
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh826.8rank #183
Renewable electricity%0.03%rank #180
Renewable energy share%3.1%rank #153
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e109rank #137
Society
Asylum seekerspeople3,802rank #99
Female labor participation%33%rank #161
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1004.5rank #141
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #60
Gender Inequality Index0-10.25rank #59
Human Development Index0-10.72rank #90
Internally displaced personspeople32,791rank #5
Internet users% pop82%rank #92
Life satisfaction0-105.7rank #78
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.63rank #78
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #80
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #54
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #80
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.13rank #104
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people552,523rank #15
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people17,161rank #126
Youth NEET rate%30.7%rank #157
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year2rank #2
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-105.4rank #48
Human hazard & exposure0-107rank #53
INFORM risk score0-105.8rank #46
Lack of coping capacity0-106.6rank #56
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.2rank #28
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-108.5rank #63
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.3rank #20
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year2rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.3rank #34
Vulnerability0-105.5rank #44
Vulnerable groups0-107.1rank #63
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