In 2024, the unemployment rate in Libya remained nearly unchanged at around 18.61 percent. But still, the unemployment rate reached its lowest value of the observation period in 2024. The unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons, such as children, retirees, or the long-term unemployed.
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World Bank. (March 24, 2025). Libya: Unemployment rate from 2005 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/808770/unemployment-rate-in-libya/
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