Guinea vs Libya

Guinea
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Capital: Conakry
Population
14.8M
GDP
$25.0B
Libya
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Upper middle income
Capital: Tripoli
Population
7.4M
GDP
$48.5B

POP 2.0x GDP 1.9x LE 10.2 yrs LMC↔UMC

Widest indicator spreads · Guinea vs Libya

Net Migration128.7%Freshwater Withdrawal100%Forest Area99.5%CO2 Emissions Per Capita95.9%Renewable Energy Consump…95.3%Population Density92.9%Physicians (per 1,000 pe…89.7%Under-5 Mortality Rate89.4%
MID pair: Net Migration is the opener; totals are closer than rates on LMC↔UMC.

Demographics: Population Density (Guinea, 93% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
Population Density 58.6 4.2 2023
Urban Population 38.1% 87.9% 2024
Population 14.8M 7.4M 2024
Population Ages 0-14 40.9% 27.4% 2024

1 closer demographics rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP Per Capita (Current USD) (Libya, 74% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
GDP Per Capita (Current USD) $1,694.954 $6,569.164 2024
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 8.1% 2.1% 2024
Unemployment Rate 5.1% 19.1% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 5.4% 1.9% 2024

3 closer economy rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Libya, 90% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 0.2 2.0 2022
Under-5 Mortality Rate 92.1 9.8 2024
Maternal Mortality Ratio 494 59 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 59.8 7.9 2024

3 closer health rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Libya, 81% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 10.9% 58.5% 2014
School Enrollment (Secondary) 38.6% 97.6% 2014

4 closer education rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Libya, 100% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 0.4% 817.1% 2022
Forest Area 24.7% 0.1% 2023
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 0.4 8.7 2024
Renewable Energy Consumption 66.6% 3.1% 2022

1 closer environment rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Internet Users (Libya, 59% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
Internet Users 33.3% 82.0% 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 97.9 193.0 2023
Access to Electricity 51.1% 73.2% 2023

1 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Libya, 129% spread)

Indicator Guinea Libya Year
Net Migration -12,024 3.4K 2024
Female Labor Participation 42.9% 33.3% 2024

3 closer social rows sit on the Guinea and Libya profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Guinea vs Libya comparison

Guinea (LMC) and Libya (UMC) sit in a MID-spread band on this curated board (LMC↔UMC). Population is 100% larger; GDP is 48% smaller. Open with Net Migration (~129%) before the 7-topic tables (39 rows). Sub-Saharan Africa vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan; treat region as a confounder on environment rows. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

Other curated pairs · MID band

Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

Guinea vs Libya figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · LMC↔UMC · MID scale band.