Libya, year by year

Every index this site holds for Libya, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.690 in 1990 to 0.721 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 71.1 years2024at birthDown 0.3 years from 71.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 82%2024of people onlineUp 78 points from 4% in 2006
Urban population: 88%2025of people in towns and citiesLevel with 2006
Births per woman: 2.302024births per womanDown 0.47 from 2.77 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 3%2021of energy usedLevel with 2004
Access to electricity: 77%2024of people with electricityDown 13 points from 90% in 2005
Infant mortality: 82024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 10 from 18 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 8.7 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 1.2 t from 9.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 0%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 26 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.690	69.3	—	—	4.78	3.1	—	32	7.3	0.1	—	—
1991	0.700	69.6	—	81.4	4.46	3.0	—	30	7.2	0.1	—	—
1992	0.703	70.0	—	82.2	4.16	2.9	—	29	7.4	0.1	—	—
1993	0.705	70.3	—	82.9	3.88	2.7	—	27	7.7	0.1	—	—
1994	0.710	70.5	—	83.6	3.65	2.4	—	26	8.8	0.1	—	—
1995	0.712	70.6	—	84.3	3.44	2.2	—	25	9.8	0.1	—	—
1996	0.716	70.7	—	84.9	3.26	2.1	—	24	10.2	0.1	—	—
1997	0.721	70.7	—	85.5	3.13	2.1	—	23	9.3	0.1	—	—
1998	0.721	70.7	—	86.0	3.04	2.1	—	23	9.0	0.1	—	—
1999	0.724	70.6	0.1	86.5	2.97	2.0	—	22	9.2	0.1	—	—
2000	0.727	70.5	0.2	87.0	2.91	2.0	100	22	9.3	0.1	—	—
2001	0.730	70.7	0.4	87.3	2.87	2.9	97	21	9.0	0.1	—	—
2002	0.733	70.8	2.2	87.6	2.83	2.9	95	20	9.1	0.1	—	—
2003	0.739	71.0	2.8	87.9	2.80	2.9	94	20	9.6	0.1	—	—
2004	0.741	71.2	3.5	88.0	2.77	2.8	92	19	9.3	0.1	—	—
2005	0.747	71.4	3.9	88.1	2.77	2.7	90	18	9.8	0.1	—	—
2006	0.751	71.6	4.3	88.2	2.70	2.9	88	17	9.6	0.1	10049	28936
2007	0.754	71.8	4.7	88.2	2.65	3.1	87	16	8.8	0.1	11145	30929
2008	0.754	71.9	9.0	88.2	2.60	2.9	85	15	9.2	0.1	13906	30812
2009	0.753	72.1	10.8	88.1	2.56	2.6	84	14	9.5	0.1	9551	29027
2010	0.755	72.2	14.0	88.1	2.60	2.5	82	13	9.8	0.1	11601	30234
2011	0.715	70.0	14.0	88.1	2.65	3.2	80	14	7.0	0.1	7594	15698
2012	0.758	72.2	15.2	88.1	2.68	2.6	79	12	10.2	0.1	14976	26826
2013	0.748	72.3	16.5	88.0	2.72	2.4	77	11	9.9	0.1	11952	21151
2014	0.728	71.3	17.8	88.0	2.75	2.3	76	11	9.6	0.1	8926	17510
2015	0.728	71.6	25.0	87.8	2.71	2.9	74	11	8.3	0.1	7458	17903
2016	0.725	71.8	35.0	87.8	2.67	2.8	72	10	7.7	0.1	7526	16961
2017	0.740	72.7	47.5	87.8	2.63	2.9	71	10	8.2	0.1	9966	18026
2018	0.743	73.2	47.5	87.8	2.58	2.9	67	10	8.4	0.1	11197	18879
2019	0.737	72.9	71.4	87.8	2.54	3.0	69	9	8.3	0.1	9963	16194
2020	0.688	72.4	74.4	87.8	2.51	3.2	69	9	6.5	0.1	6650	10955
2021	0.729	72.1	77.4	87.8	2.46	3.1	70	9	8.2	0.1	4936	12642
2022	0.741	74.5	80.7	87.8	2.40	—	70	8	8.1	0.1	5987	12264
2023	0.721	69.3	82.1	87.9	2.36	—	73	16	8.7	0.1	6027	13858
2024	—	71.1	82.0	87.9	2.30	—	77	8	8.7	—	6569	14325
2025	—	—	—	87.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	6449	16521
On the profile	0.721	71.1	82.0	87.9	2.30	3.1	—	—	8.7	0.1	6449	16521

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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