Libya vs Lower middle income: GDP growth

Libya
13.4%
in 2025
Lower middle income
6.0%
in 2025
Libya rank
3rd
Lower middle income rank
4th

GDP growth over time

  • Libya
  • Lower middle income
-50050100196119932025

How they compare

Libya currently reports 13.4% against 6.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 7.4%.

That makes Libya's figure about 2.2 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 30 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 3rd and Lower middle income ranks 4th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and Lower middle income in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 25.3% 4.0% 21.2% Libya
1970s 8.1% 4.1% 4.0% Libya
1980s -2.6% 3.5% 6.1% Lower middle income
1990s 1.7% 4.2% 2.4% Lower middle income
2000s 3.8% 5.7% 1.8% Lower middle income
2010s 2.7% 5.1% 2.4% Lower middle income
2020s 2.7% 4.2% 1.6% Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp growth, Libya or Lower middle income?
Libya, at 13.4% against 6.0% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp growth between Libya and Lower middle income?
7.4%, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Lower middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
How do Libya and Lower middle income rank globally for gdp growth?
Libya ranks 3rd and Lower middle income ranks 4th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.