# Libya and Tunisia compared Libya and Tunisia side by side: 38 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, their chronicles record no events of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/lby-vs-tun Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Libya: 24 December 1951 — The United Kingdom of Libya unites Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and the Fezzan - Tunisia: 1574 — The Ottoman Regency of Tunis is established ## Economy | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $48 B | 2024 | $51 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $6,569 | 2024 | $4,181 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 1.9% | 2024 | 1.6% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.1% | 2024 | 7.2% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 128.8% | 2024 | 106.3% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 7.4 m | 2024 | 12 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 71.1 yrs | 2024 | 76.7 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 87.9% | 2024 | 70.4% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 2.3 | 2024 | 1.8 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 33.5 | 2024 | 44.9 | 2024 | | Political stability | 33.5 | 2024 | 50.1 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 23.7 | 2024 | 46.7 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 27.4 | 2024 | 48.7 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 27.7 | 2024 | 50.7 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 16.9 | 2024 | 43.4 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 7.8% | 2023 | 8.0% | 2023 | | Physicians | 2.04 | 2017 | 1.31 | 2021 | | Under-5 mortality | 9.8 | 2024 | 12.1 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 89.0% | 2024 | 96.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | — | — | 65.0% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Primary enrolment | 107.0% | 2006 | 104.4% | 2023 | | Secondary enrolment | 97.6% | 2006 | 90.3% | 2016 | | Tertiary enrolment | 58.5% | 2003 | 38.1% | 2023 | | Adult literacy | — | — | 86.3% | 2023 | | Education spending | — | — | 6.7% | 2023 | ## Technology | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 82.0% | 2024 | 76.5% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 193 | 2022 | 118 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 0.6% | 2019 | 7.7% | 2023 | | R&D spending | — | — | 0.7% | 2019 | | Researchers (per million) | — | — | 1,668 | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 1,759,540 km² | 2023 | 155,360 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 0.1% | 2023 | 4.6% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 8.7% | 2023 | 62.4% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 8.7 | 2024 | 2.6 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 3.1% | 2021 | 11.6% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 61.0% | 2021 | 2.2% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 56.4% | 2021 | 1.5% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 73.2% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | | Phosphate rock | — | — | 3.3 Mt | 2025 | ## Military | Metric | Libya | Observed | Tunisia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 5.3% | 2023 | 2.5% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $1.6 B | 2023 | $1.3 B | 2024 | | Armed forces | 0 | 2020 | 48,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/LBY.md and https://terralore.co/country/TUN.md. ## Entangled histories (0 events) Neither nation's sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex - Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain (U.S. Government work) · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/LBY/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/TUN/chronicle.md. 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