Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 1.8% a year in Libya and -4.7% a year in Niger, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by 6.5 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Niger.
- In 2025, Libya ranked 120 and Niger ranked 179 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Libya at 10.2% a year and Niger at 2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 | -4.7 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | -2.2 | -2.5 |
| 2018 | 13.2 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 25.8 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 25.9 | 0.2 |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2.4 | -0.9 |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 15.9 | 2.9 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
| 2007 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 7.8 |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | -2.1 | -1.5 |
| 2002 | -9.9 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | -8.8 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | -2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1999 | 2.6 | -2.1 |
| 1998 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 1997 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 1995 | 8.3 | 10.9 |
| 1994 | 10.7 | 35.5 |
| 1993 | 7.5 | -0.3 |
| 1992 | 9.5 | -5.9 |
| 1991 | 11.7 | 1.5 |
| 1990 | 0.7 | -2 |
| 1989 | 4.5 | -0.8 |
| 1988 | 3.1 | 0.6 |
| 1987 | 4.4 | -6.6 |
| 1986 | 3.4 | -3.2 |
| 1985 | 9.1 | -1.1 |
| 1984 | 12.4 | 8.4 |
| 1983 | 10.5 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 13.8 | 10.4 |
| 1981 | 13.2 | 24.3 |
| 1980 | 14.3 | 7.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Libya | Niger |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.1 | -1.9 |
| 2027 | 16.1 | 2 |
| 2028 | 13.3 | 2 |
| 2029 | 12.8 | 2 |
| 2030 | 11.1 | 2 |
| 2031 | 10.2 | 2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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