Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya
Libya: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 44.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya is 44.4%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 14.9% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya peaked at 47.1% in 1966 and was at its lowest, 36.9%, in 2020.
That places Libya 17th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.3% | 45.2% | 45.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 46.6% | 45.6% | 47.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.6% | 41.5% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.2% | 40.8% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.7% | 41.2% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.3% | 40.6% | 42.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.3% | 37.2% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.5% | 36.9% | 44.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 14 Central African Republic 44.6% compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 44.5% compare
- 16 Afghanistan 44.4% compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of Congo 44.3% compare
- 19 Solomon Islands 44.2% compare
- 20 Burundi 44.1% compare
More gender data for Libya
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 58,243 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 61,596 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 59,014 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 62,364 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 60,166 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 63,519 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 61,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 64,892 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 62,709 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 66,186 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Libya was 44.4% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 47.1% in 1966.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.9% in 2020.
- How does Libya rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Libya ranks 17th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.