Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 77.4% in Algeria and 82% in Libya, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Libya, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Algeria.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Algeria.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 103 and Libya ranked 94 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Algeria | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 77.4 | 82 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 76.2 | 82.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 74.8 | 80.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 72.2 | 77.4 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 63.5 | 74.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 55.8 | 71.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 49 | 47.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 47.7 | 47.5 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 43 | 35 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 38.2 | 25 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 29.5 | 17.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 22.5 | 16.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 18.2 | 15.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 14.9 | 14 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 14 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 4.6 | 3.5 | – |
| 2003 | 2.2 | 2.8 | – |
| 2002 | 1.6 | 2.2 | – |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 0.4 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Libya: 0 TIV in 2016