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Poor Places, Thriving People
LIBYA Country MENA13a General Population (millions), 2008 16 GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international dollars), 2008 1,4970 GDP growth (average annual %), 1999–2008 4 Physical geography Surface area (1,000 km2), 2008 1,759 Arable land (% of surface area), 2005 1 Average precipitation (mm/year), 2007 56 Renewable water resources per capita (m3/inhab/year), 95 2008 (estimate) Human geography Population growth (annual), 2008 1.9 Labor force participation rate (% of population ages 15–64), 2007 55 Population density (people/km2), 2008 4 Population in cities > 1 million (% of total population), 2007 55 Population in largest city (% of urban population), 2007 46 Agglomeration index (settlement size: 100,000) 77 Gender parity index for net primary enrollment rate .. Structure of the economy Agriculture, value added (% of GDP), 2009 (est.) 4 Industry, value added (% of GDP), 2009 (est.) 78 Energy wealth (net energy exports/per capita), ktoe 5.22 Governance Voice and accountability, 2008 (Percentile Rank 0–100, 100 = best) 2.4 Connectivity Paved roads (% of total road network), 2003 57 Primary road density (km of paved roads/km2 of arable land), 2003 3.3 Primary road density (km of paved roads/1,000 people), 2003 9.5 Travel time to city index (%) 25 Rural access index (%), 2004 National average distance to capital city (km), 2000 Rail density (km of track/km2 of arable land), 2005 Rail density (km of track/1,000 people), 2005 Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people), 2007 Population covered by mobile cellular network (%), 2006 Internet users (per 100 people), 2007 Spatial disparities Mean per capita consumption ratio (capital region/national) Mean per capita consumption ratio (urban/rural) Population growth (% annual), 2008 Fertility rate (births per woman), 2001 Poverty rate (based on national poverty line) Improved water source (% of population with access), 1995 Improved sanitation (% of population with access), 1995 Stunting (%), 2001 Infant mortality rate, 2001 Under-5 mortality rate, 2005
Source
334 6,198b 4.7b
WDI Database WDI Database WDI database
8,774 6 137 1,014
WDI Database WDI Database FAO AQUASTAT FAO AQUASTAT
1.9 52 38 22c 24d 63 0.98e
WDI Database WDI Database WDI Database WDI Database WDI Databse Uchida and Nelson 2008
11b 44b 1.28f
CIA Factbook/WDI Database CIA Factbook/WDI Database IEA
23.7
World Bank WGI
58 0.8 1.4 28
78 910 0 0 73 71 5
58 436 0.05 0.09 58g 89 18
.. .. Urban 2.2 3.8 .. 98
1.51h 1.82i Rural 1.1 4.9 .. 99
99
98
4 21 27.5
6 31 36.3
CIA Factbook WDI Database/CIA Factbook WDI Database/CIA Factbook Author’s calculations (source in Appendix) Roberts and others 2006 World Bank 2009 World Bank Railway Database World Bank Railway Database WDI Database WDI Database WDI Database
Source WDI Database Health Systems Profile: Libya WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Report WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Report Health Systems Profile: Libya Health Systems Profile: Libya Health Systems Profile: Libya