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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 14,303.81 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 7,381,023 | HDI (2024): 0.72 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
143
Score: 40.0
Vulnerability
0.490
Readiness
0.290
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Libya places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Libya is the 58th most vulnerable country and the 153rd most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 155 | 154 | 153 | 152 | 148 | 148 | 149 | 149 | 145 | 141 | 141 | 140 | 135 | 134 | 135 | 142 | 153 | 152 | 156 | 160 | 163 | 167 | 166 | 168 | 167 | 166 | 163 | 144 | 144 | 143 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.490 | |
| Food | 0.397 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.599 | |
| Projected population change | 0.207 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.341 | |
| Rural population | 0.131 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.961 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.145 | |
| Water | 0.797 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 1.000 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 1.000 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.986 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.429 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.212 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.023 | |
| Slum population | 0.167 | |
| Medical staff | 0.716 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.798 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.657 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.471 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.684 | |
| Natural capital dependency | - | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.345 | |
| Protected biome | 0.996 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.789 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.480 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.051 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.230 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.869 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.448 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.846 | |
| Paved roads | 0.433 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.180 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.037 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.413 | |
| Electricity access | 0.271 | |
| Disaster preparedness | - |