Libya — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Libya, 1960–2025.
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%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 9 of 23 economies; Algeria (6,051) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 97% in 2012. That is 14% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1964; grown tenfold by 1972. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 53rd of 111 in 1960 → 30th of 146 in 1970 → 20th of 163 in 1980 → 54th of 192 in 1990 → 61st of 204 in 2000 → 75th of 212 in 2010 → 103rd of 210 in 2020 → 107th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,448.82 | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 6,569.16 | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 6,026.52 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,986.64 | +21.3% |
| 2021 | 4,935.83 | -25.8% |
| 2020 | 6,650.34 | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 9,963.19 | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 11,196.59 | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 9,965.83 | +32.4% |
| 2016 | 7,525.8 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 7,458.49 | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 8,926.42 | -25.3% |
| 2013 | 11,951.71 | -20.2% |
| 2012 | 14,975.89 | +97.2% |
| 2011 | 7,593.84 | -34.5% |
| 2010 | 11,600.91 | +21.5% |
| 2009 | 9,551.05 | -31.3% |
| 2008 | 13,906.14 | +24.8% |
| 2007 | 11,144.94 | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 10,048.85 | +24.4% |
| 2005 | 8,079.25 | +39.9% |
| 2004 | 5,773.76 | +23.5% |
| 2003 | 4,674.1 | +25.7% |
| 2002 | 3,718.29 | -41.1% |
| 2001 | 6,312.8 | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 7,214.1 | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 6,894.52 | +30.1% |
| 1998 | 5,301.08 | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 6,061.81 | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 5,591.02 | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 5,205.26 | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 5,933.29 | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 6,477.87 | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 7,302.69 | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 7,039.83 | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 6,502.28 | +12.3% |
| 1989 | 5,792.58 | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 5,736.28 | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 6,464.73 | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 6,018.91 | -25.6% |
| 1985 | 8,087.36 | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 7,811.07 | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 8,927.36 | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 9,063.7 | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 10,044.04 | -16.0% |
| 1980 | 11,959.52 | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 9,442.76 | +30.2% |
| 1978 | 7,251.84 | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 7,783.46 | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 7,017.74 | +22.7% |
| 1975 | 5,720.63 | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 6,213.5 | +66.7% |
| 1973 | 3,727.39 | +31.7% |
| 1972 | 2,829.8 | +15.9% |
| 1971 | 2,442.58 | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 2,209.58 | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 2,174.95 | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 1,971.87 | +37.3% |
| 1967 | 1,436.62 | +14.9% |
| 1966 | 1,250.6 | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000.53 | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 764.9 | +44.9% |
| 1963 | 527.86 | +38.2% |
| 1962 | 382.08 | +33.9% |
| 1961 | 285.34 | +6.1% |
| 1960 | 269.04 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Libya’s GDP per capita in 1961?
285.34 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Libya’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2297.0% in total — about 5.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.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: 6,448.82; 2024: 6,569.16; 2023: 6,026.52; 2022: 5,986.64; 2021: 4,935.83. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.