Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: GDP growth
GDP growth: -11.2% a year in Libya in 2019 and 6.9% a year in Niger in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Niger, by 17.3 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Libya.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Libya at 2.1% a year and Niger at 6% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.9 | 6.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | 10.5 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | -8.6 | 11.9 |
| 2021 | 27.3 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | -29.5 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | -11.2 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 32.5 | 5 |
| 2016 | -1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | -0.8 | 4.4 |
| 2014 | -23 | 6.6 |
| 2013 | -18 | 5.3 |
| 2012 | 86.8 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | -50.3 | 2.4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8.6 |
| 2009 | -4.4 | 2 |
| 2008 | -0.2 | 7.7 |
| 2007 | 6.2 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | 10.6 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 16.1 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | -3.7 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | 2.6 | 7.3 |
| 2000 | 4 | -1.2 |
| 1999 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 1998 | -0.7 | 10 |
| 1997 | -2.6 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | -15.4 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | -5.5 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | -4.5 | 2 |
| 1991 | 18.3 | -0.4 |
| 1990 | 3.7 | -1.3 |
| 1989 | 7.2 | 1 |
| 1988 | 7.6 | 6.9 |
| 1987 | -14.7 | 0.1 |
| 1986 | -11.4 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| 1984 | -8.3 | -16.8 |
| 1983 | -4.7 | -3.9 |
| 1982 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | -20 | -0.2 |
| 1980 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2027 | 2.9 | 6.5 |
| 2028 | 2.7 | 6 |
| 2029 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2030 | 2.3 | 6 |
| 2031 | 2.1 | 6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Libya vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Niger: 0 TIV in 1973