Libya
Internet users in Libya
Internet users in Libya: 0% in 1990 and 82% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 82%
- Since 1990
- +82 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 94 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- The highest was 82.1% in 2023, the lowest 0% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 82 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 82.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 80.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 77.4 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 74.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 71.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 47.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 47.5 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 35 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 25 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 17.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 16.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 15.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 14 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 14 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 10.8 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | – |
| 2003 | 2.8 | – |
| 2002 | 2.2 | – |
| 2001 | 0.4 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
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 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