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Libya — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Libya, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
16,521
GDP per Capita (PPP) · current international $ · -3.8% since 1990
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
16,521
First (1990)
17,173
Change
-3.8%
Highest
30,929
in 2007
Lowest
10,955
in 2020
Average
20,202
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.11%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | current international $ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,521.4 |
| 2024 | 14,324.58 |
| 2023 | 13,858.49 |
| 2022 | 12,264.45 |
| 2021 | 12,641.51 |
| 2020 | 10,954.8 |
| 2019 | 16,194.11 |
| 2018 | 18,879.32 |
| 2017 | 18,026.02 |
| 2016 | 16,961.02 |
| 2015 | 17,903.26 |
| 2014 | 17,509.53 |
Reading this correctly. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity. More meaningful than the nominal figure when comparing actual living standards across countries with very different price levels. Figures are in current international $. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.