Unemployment rate: Libya
18.758% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.758 |
| 2024 | 19.085 |
| 2023 | 18.713 |
| 2022 | 19.238 |
| 2021 | 19.779 |
| 2020 | 19.651 |
| 2019 | 19.087 |
| 2018 | 18.865 |
| 2017 | 19.053 |
| 2016 | 19.559 |
| 2015 | 19.69 |
| 2014 | 19.295 |
| 2013 | 19.311 |
| 2012 | 19.03 |
| 2011 | 19.504 |
| 2010 | 19.321 |
| 2009 | 19.29 |
| 2008 | 19.041 |
| 2007 | 18.771 |
| 2006 | 18.805 |
| 2005 | 18.66 |
| 2004 | 18.938 |
| 2003 | 19.074 |
| 2002 | 19.281 |
| 2001 | 19.239 |
| 2000 | 19.275 |
| 1999 | 19.233 |
| 1998 | 19.192 |
| 1997 | 19.151 |
| 1996 | 19.212 |
| 1995 | 19.331 |
| 1994 | 19.328 |
| 1993 | 19.006 |
| 1992 | 18.828 |
| 1991 | 18.601 |