Lebanon vs Libya

Lebanon and Libya compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Libya has about 1.3 times as many people as Lebanon: 7.5 million against 5.8 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Libya ($6,449 in 2025) is 44% higher than in Lebanon ($4,473 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Libya (13.4% in 2025) than in Lebanon (-7.1% in 2024), a difference of 20.5 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Lebanon (14.6%) than in Libya (1.8%), a difference of 12.8 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Libya (18.8% in 2025) than in Lebanon (11% in 2023), a difference of 7.8 percentage points.
• A baby born in Lebanon can expect to live 6.8 years longer than one born in Libya: 77.9 years against 71.1 years in 2024.
• The population of Lebanon is older: half of its people are over 28.3 years, against 27.2 years in Libya in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Libya (82%) than in Lebanon (80.6%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Libya (8.7 tonnes) are about 4.6 times as high as in Lebanon (1.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Lebanon (13.8%) than in Libya (0.1%), a difference of 13.7 percentage points in 2024.