Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $8,634 in Libya and $610 in Niger, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by $8,024, or 14 times that in Niger.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Libya ranked 79 and Niger ranked 178 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Libya | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,634 | $610 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $7,696 | $589 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $7,630 | $562 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $7,003 | $566 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $7,731 | $521 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $6,103 | $532 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $8,768 | $527 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $10,020 | $513 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $9,436 | $497 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $7,236 | $488 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $7,458 | $486 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $7,644 | $483 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $10,130 | $470 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $12,600 | $463 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $6,570 | $435 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $12,910 | $441 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $12,550 | $422 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $13,400 | $429 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $13,710 | $413 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $13,180 | $416 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $12,630 | $407 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $11,530 | $393 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $11,270 | $406 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $10,170 | $412 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $10,470 | $407 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $10,850 | $393 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $10,640 | $412 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $10,720 | $427 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $11,280 | $402 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $10,890 | $409 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $10,840 | $423 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $11,280 | $426 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $11,270 | $432 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $11,950 | $445 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $12,540 | $450 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $11,090 | $466 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $10,940 | $487 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $10,460 | $497 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $9,976 | $480 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $12,020 | $494 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $13,980 | $479 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $13,330 | $458 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $14,240 | $567 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $14,580 | $607 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $14,590 | $612 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $19,090 | $632 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $20,080 | $667 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $19,520 | $641 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $20,020 | $582 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $19,470 | $555 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $16,770 | $567 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $17,040 | $599 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $14,660 | $566 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $14,950 | $700 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $14,160 | $758 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $15,460 | $737 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $15,230 | $735 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $13,890 | $799 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $10,680 | $818 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $9,864 | $841 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $8,525 | $868 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $6,843 | $835 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $4,894 | $859 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $3,778 | $808 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $2,972 | $754 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $2,818 | $742 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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
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