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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Alert
Sanctions targeting the country: UN (1 regime, 31 listings), United States (2 regimes, 68 listings), United Kingdom (1 regime, 66 listings), European Union (2 regimes, 60 listings). UN, OFAC, FCDO, EU · 2026.10.07
- Context
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 10/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Crise
8.2 /10 risk
- Security 9.5
- Legitimacy 2.1
- Economy 6.5
- Diplomacy 0.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 23 people and 3 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regimes: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (12), Libya (12), Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2).
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 37 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 36 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 35 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Population
- 7,459,000 inh.
- Area
- 1,759,540 km²
- Currency
- LYD
- Regime
- republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Mohamed Menfi
Head of Government
Abdelhamid Dabeibah
Parliament
Chambre des représentants
200 seats
Chair Aguila Salah Issa
Inception 2014
Conseil d'État
145 seats
Chair Mohammed Takala
Inception 2016
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
48 G$
GDP / capita
6,449 $
Growth
13.4 %
Inflation
1.8 %
Unemployment
18.8 %
Defense / GDP
5.3 %
Life expectancy
71.1 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 1
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Al-Watiya Air Base
Türkiye · Ouest libyen
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.19/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
10/100
Corruption (CPI)
13/100
Press freedom (RSF)
40/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2023
Annual budget
1.6 Md$
Defense effort
3.6 %PIB
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.721/1
Refugees hosted
552,523
Refugees originating
17,161
National anthem
Libye, Libye, Libye
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- OPEC
- Arab League
- OIC
- AMU
- African Union
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,587 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,029, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)