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Human development index — Libya

Human development index in Libya in 2023 — 0.721 index. Ranked 115 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4.5%.

2023 0.721 index −2.7% vs 2022
World rank 115of 193
Period maximum 0.758 index2012
Period minimum 0.688 index2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Libya, 1990–20230.680.70.720.740.761990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.69 index1991: 0.7 index1992: 0.703 index1993: 0.705 index1994: 0.71 index1995: 0.712 index1996: 0.716 index1997: 0.721 index1998: 0.721 index1999: 0.724 index2000: 0.727 index2001: 0.73 index2002: 0.733 index2003: 0.739 index2004: 0.741 index2005: 0.747 index2006: 0.751 index2007: 0.754 index2008: 0.754 index2009: 0.753 index2010: 0.755 index2011: 0.715 index2012: 0.758 index2013: 0.748 index2014: 0.728 index2015: 0.728 index2016: 0.725 index2017: 0.74 index2018: 0.743 index2019: 0.737 index2020: 0.688 index2021: 0.729 index2022: 0.741 index2023: 0.721 index
Change over the period: +0.031 (+4.49%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya

Libya 0.721 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Northern Africa computed 0.703 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.721 −0.02 −2.7%
2022 0.741 +0.012 +1.65%
2021 0.729 +0.041 +5.96%
2020 0.688 −0.049 −6.65%
2019 0.737 −0.006 −0.81%
2018 0.743 +0.003 +0.41%
2017 0.74 +0.015 +2.07%
2016 0.725 −0.003 −0.41%
2015 0.728 +0 +0%
2014 0.728 −0.02 −2.67%
2013 0.748 −0.01 −1.32%
2012 0.758 +0.043 +6.01%
2011 0.715 −0.04 −5.3%
2010 0.755 +0.002 +0.27%
2009 0.753 −0.001 −0.13%
2008 0.754 +0 +0%
2007 0.754 +0.003 +0.4%
2006 0.751 +0.004 +0.54%
2005 0.747 +0.006 +0.81%
2004 0.741 +0.002 +0.27%
2003 0.739 +0.006 +0.82%
2002 0.733 +0.003 +0.41%
2001 0.73 +0.003 +0.41%
2000 0.727 +0.003 +0.41%
1999 0.724 +0.003 +0.42%
1998 0.721 +0 +0%
1997 0.721 +0.005 +0.7%
1996 0.716 +0.004 +0.56%
1995 0.712 +0.002 +0.28%
1994 0.71 +0.005 +0.71%
1993 0.705 +0.002 +0.28%
1992 0.703 +0.003 +0.43%
1991 0.7 +0.01 +1.45%
1990 0.69 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DZ Algeria 0.763 EG Egypt 0.754 TN Tunisia 0.746 LY Libya 0.721 MA Morocco 0.71 SD Sudan 0.511
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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