Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Libya
Libya: Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita was 6,035 USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Libya, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross national income — value us$ per capita in Libya is 6,035 USD, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross national income — value us$ per capita in Libya peaked at 14,450 USD in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,600 USD, in 1970.
That places Libya 117th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Libya, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,600 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,972 USD | +23.3% |
| 1972 | 2,225 USD | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 2,968 USD | +33.4% |
| 1974 | 5,069 USD | +70.8% |
| 1975 | 4,701 USD | -7.2% |
| 1976 | 5,825 USD | +23.9% |
| 1977 | 6,574 USD | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 6,205 USD | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 8,144 USD | +31.2% |
| 1980 | 10,835 USD | +33.1% |
| 1981 | 8,844 USD | -18.4% |
| 1982 | 8,250 USD | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 7,783 USD | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 7,108 USD | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 7,411 USD | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 6,106 USD | -17.6% |
| 1987 | 5,530 USD | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 6,083 USD | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 6,284 USD | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,053 USD | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 7,636 USD | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 7,922 USD | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 7,029 USD | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 6,437 USD | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 5,813 USD | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 6,323 USD | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 6,612 USD | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 5,878 USD | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 6,497 USD | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 7,291 USD | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 6,349 USD | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 4,103 USD | -35.4% |
| 2003 | 4,940 USD | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 6,081 USD | +23.1% |
| 2005 | 8,287 USD | +36.3% |
| 2006 | 10,216 USD | +23.3% |
| 2007 | 11,282 USD | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 14,019 USD | +24.3% |
| 2009 | 9,640 USD | -31.2% |
| 2010 | 11,714 USD | +21.5% |
| 2011 | 7,524 USD | -35.8% |
| 2012 | 14,450 USD | +92.1% |
| 2013 | 11,435 USD | -20.9% |
| 2014 | 8,867 USD | -22.5% |
| 2015 | 7,523 USD | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 7,531 USD | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 10,156 USD | +34.9% |
| 2018 | 11,341 USD | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 10,216 USD | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 6,735 USD | -34.1% |
| 2021 | 4,870 USD | -27.7% |
| 2022 | 6,015 USD | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 6,035 USD | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,528 USD | 1,600 USD | 8,144 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,423 USD | 5,530 USD | 10,835 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,720 USD | 5,813 USD | 7,922 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,221 USD | 4,103 USD | 14,019 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,076 USD | 7,523 USD | 14,450 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,914 USD | 4,870 USD | 6,735 USD | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Libya
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 5.51 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 35,504 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual -38.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -32.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 61.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita -107.16 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross national income — value us$ per capita in Libya?
- Gross national income — value us$ per capita in Libya was 6,035 USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 14,450 USD in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 USD in 1970.
- How does Libya rank for gross national income — value us$ per capita?
- Libya ranks 117th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross national income — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).