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Libya — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Libya, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
47.96%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +5.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Libya was 47.96% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.40% in 2015. The lowest was 45.02% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.15% per year.
Libya ranks 164 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Libya sits above it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
47.96%
First (1990)
45.55%
Change
+5.3%
Highest
49.40%
in 2015
Lowest
45.02%
in 2020
Average
47.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.15%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.96% |
| 2024 | 48.27% |
| 2023 | 48.51% |
| 2022 | 48.73% |
| 2021 | 45.46% |
| 2020 | 45.02% |
| 2019 | 49.2% |
| 2018 | 49.28% |
| 2017 | 49.33% |
| 2016 | 49.37% |
| 2015 | 49.4% |
| 2014 | 49.4% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.