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Libya — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Libya, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6,449
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +2297.0% since 1960
GDP per capita for Libya was 6,449 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14,976 in 2012. The lowest was 269 in 1960 (about 24.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.01% per year.
Libya ranks 128 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Libya sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 57% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6,449
First (1960)
269
Change
+2297.0%
Highest
14,976
in 2012
Lowest
269
in 1960
Average
6,441
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.01%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,448.82 |
| 2024 | 6,569.16 |
| 2023 | 6,026.52 |
| 2022 | 5,986.64 |
| 2021 | 4,935.83 |
| 2020 | 6,650.34 |
| 2019 | 9,963.19 |
| 2018 | 11,196.59 |
| 2017 | 9,965.83 |
| 2016 | 7,525.8 |
| 2015 | 7,458.49 |
| 2014 | 8,926.42 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.