Libya
State of Libya
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 7.5 million
- Currency
- LYD
- Area
- 1,759,540 kmΒ²
Across Libya's 15 priced cities, one person needs about $433 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $246.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
49out of 100
- Purchasing power25%37
- Safety20%44
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%89
- Connectivity10%0
- Cost10%98
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
16.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
4.5
New York = 100
Purchasing power
54.7
New York = 100
One person
$433
A month, rent included
Net salary
$246
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$189
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$6,449
2025
Growth
+13.4%
2025
Unemployment
18.8%
2025
Inflation
1.8%
2025
Life expectancy
71.1 years
2024
Internet users
82%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 5.1%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 15.4%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 44.1
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 55.9
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people
- β
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #148 worldwide
- 11
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #100 worldwide
- 20
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +1%
Cities in Libya
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Zliten | 68 | 14.4 | β | β | β | 203.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 2Misratah (Misrata) | 66 | 16.6 | $147 | $394 | 113.7 | 355.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 3Zawiya (Az-zawiyah) | 63 | 15.2 | $90.61 | $260 | 93.3 | 200K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 4Ajdabiya | 63 | β | $110 | β | β | 131.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 5JanzΕ«r | 63 | β | β | β | β | 154.4K | Low confidence |
| 6TΔjΕ«rΔβ | 63 | β | β | β | β | 100K | Low confidence |
| 7QaΕr Bin GhashΔ«r | 63 | β | β | β | β | 100.1K | Low confidence |
| 8Al Jumayl | 63 | β | β | β | β | 102K | Low confidence |
| 9Khoms (Al Khums) | 62 | β | β | β | β | 201.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Al Bayda | 62 | β | β | β | β | 129.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 11Al Ajaylat | 62 | β | β | β | β | 130.5K | Low confidence |
| 12Tobruk | 61 | β | β | β | β | 141.5K | Low confidence |
| 13Sirte (Surt) | 61 | β | β | β | β | 106.7K | Low confidence |
| 14Zawiya | 61 | β | β | β | β | 186.1K | Low confidence |
| 15Sebha | 58 | β | $140 | $400 | β | 149.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 16Sabha | 58 | β | β | β | β | 149.3K | Low confidence |
| 17Al JadΔ«d | 58 | β | β | β | β | 126.4K | Low confidence |
| 18Derna (Darnah) | 58 | 13.7 | β | $173 | 54.7 | 102.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 19Benghazi | 53 | 16.2 | $189 | $268 | 70.8 | 757.5K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 20Msallata (Masallatah) | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 73.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Tarhuna (Tarhunah) | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 52.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Al-'aziziyah | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 52.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Bani Walid | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 45.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 24Yafran | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 22.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 25Mizdah | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 16.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 26Zaltan | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 14.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 27Jadu | 53 | 15.0 | β | β | β | 12.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 28Tripoli | 52 | 16.0 | $360 | $246 | 46.9 | 1.3M | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 29Sabratha (Sabratah) | 48 | 13.6 | $158 | $189 | 59.7 | 83.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 30Surman | 42 | β | β | β | β | 77.1K | Low confidence |
| 31Al Jawf | 42 | β | β | β | β | 42.1K | Low confidence |
| 32Zuwara (Zuwarah) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 33.9K | Low confidence |
| 33Ubari (Awbari) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 33.6K | Low confidence |
| 34Al Abyar | 42 | β | β | β | β | 32.6K | Low confidence |
| 35Brega (Marsa Al-burayqah) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 31.3K | Low confidence |
| 36Marzuq (Murzuk) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 30.5K | Low confidence |
| 37Nalut | 42 | β | β | β | β | 28.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Al Qubbah | 42 | β | β | β | β | 24.6K | Low confidence |
| 39Hun | 42 | β | β | β | β | 24.4K | Low confidence |
| 40Az-zuwaytinah (Zuwetina) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 21K | Low confidence |
| 41Suluq | 42 | β | β | β | β | 19.9K | Low confidence |
| 42Ghat (Gat) | 42 | β | β | β | β | 14.6K | Low confidence |
| 43Jalu | 42 | β | β | β | β | 13.4K | Low confidence |
| 44Tukrah | 42 | β | β | β | β | 12.6K | Low confidence |
| 45Ghadamis | 42 | β | β | β | β | 12.1K | Low confidence |
| 46Waddan | 42 | β | β | β | β | 10.2K | Low confidence |
| 47Bardiyah | 42 | β | β | β | β | 9.1K | Low confidence |
| 48Awjilah | 42 | β | β | β | β | 5.1K | Low confidence |
| 49Al Kufrah | 42 | β | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 50Marj | 42 | β | β | β | β | β | Low confidence |