Labour Force (Total) rose 3.04% to 2.28 mil in Libya in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Libya reached an all time high of 2.28 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.18 mil in 1990. When compared to Libya's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Algeria amounted to 12.3 mil, 5.25 mil in Chad, 30.2 mil in Egypt and 4.23 mil in Tunisia in 2021.
Libya has been ranked 120th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 9.94 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 4.49 | 4.60 | 4.72 | 4.85 | 5.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 30.5 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 29.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 3.86 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 4.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 25.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | mil | 0.214 | 0.223 | 0.234 | 0.252 | 0.269 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 7.53 | 7.83 | 8.14 | 8.46 | 8.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 56.5 | 58.0 | 59.6 | 61.2 | 62.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 23.2 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 23.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 4.12 | 4.16 | 4.18 | 4.20 | 4.24 |
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