Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 82% in Libya and 15.6% in Niger, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Libya, by 66.4 percentage points, or 5.27 times that in Niger.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 1999.
- In 2024, Libya ranked 94 and Niger ranked 178 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Libya | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 82 | 15.6 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 82.1 | 13 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 80.7 | 13.1 | 67 |
| 2021 | 77.4 | 12.5 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 74.4 | 11.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 71.4 | 11.3 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 47.5 | 10.7 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 47.5 | 10.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 25 | 2.5 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 17.8 | 1.2 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 16.5 | 1.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 15.2 | 1.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 14 | 0.9 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 14 | 0.8 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 9 | 0.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 0.2 | – |
| 2003 | 2.8 | 0.2 | – |
| 2002 | 2.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 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
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