Libya
Access to electricity in Libya
Access to electricity in Libya: 99.8% in 2000 and 77.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 77.4%
- Since 2000
- −22.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 171 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 99.8% in 2000, the lowest 67% in 2018.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 73.2 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 70 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 70.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 69.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 68.5 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 67 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 70.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 72.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 73.8 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 75.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 77.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 78.7 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 80.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 81.9 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 83.5 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 85.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 86.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | 88.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 90.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 91.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 93.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | 95.2 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 96.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 99.8 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 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 in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per person$216 in 2023
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016