Political rights rating fh in Libya
Libya: Political rights rating fh was 7 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
7
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 198 countries
All-time high
7
in 1972
All-time low
4
in 2012
Years of data
53
1972–2025
Political rights rating fh in Libya, 1972–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Libya recorded 7 for political rights rating fh in 2025. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh in Libya peaked at 7 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2012.
Libya ranks 1st of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.62 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.11 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
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More social development data for Libya
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 552,523 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 17,161 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.323 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.098 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.193 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.508 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.536 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.087 (2025)
- Varieties democracy vdem 0.193 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh in Libya?
- Political rights rating fh in Libya was 7 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights rating fh recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 1972.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for political rights rating fh?
- Libya ranks 1st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights rating fh rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political rights rating fh. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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