Libya — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Libya, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Libya was 16,521 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 30,929 in 2007. The lowest was 10,955 in 2020 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.11% per year.
Libya ranks 118 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 18,586, so Libya sits below it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 12 of 22 economies; Tunisia (15,233) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 71% in 2012. That is 8% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 33rd of 186 in 1990 → 42nd of 194 in 2000 → 45th of 200 in 2010 → 120th of 198 in 2020 → 106th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,521.4 | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 14,324.58 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 13,858.49 | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 12,264.45 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 12,641.51 | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 10,954.8 | -32.4% |
| 2019 | 16,194.11 | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 18,879.32 | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 18,026.02 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 16,961.02 | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 17,903.26 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 17,509.53 | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 21,151.01 | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 26,826.07 | +70.9% |
| 2011 | 15,698.05 | -48.1% |
| 2010 | 30,234.09 | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 29,027.15 | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 30,812.28 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 30,928.94 | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 28,935.66 | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 26,902.9 | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 23,813.4 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 22,662.72 | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 20,060.64 | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 20,331.63 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 20,616.98 | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 19,769.02 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 19,639.19 | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 20,438.64 | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 19,392.49 | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 18,952 | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 19,318.21 | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 18,904.22 | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 19,571.91 | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 20,084.63 | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 17,172.6 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Libya’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
20,084.63 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Libya’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Libya’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -3.8% in total — about 0.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 16,521.4; 2024: 14,324.58; 2023: 13,858.49; 2022: 12,264.45; 2021: 12,641.51. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.