Climate | We have Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,147,596 tons (2011 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 280 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 4.85 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 29.84 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 50.56 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 45.76 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 8.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.2% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 7.6% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 0.1% (2018 est.) |
Other | 91.1% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 81.6% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023). |
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