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Libya

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    6

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.8

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    50%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    2

  • Population

    7.5 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    1 / 3

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    1

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    1

    —

  • Refugees who fled

    20 963

  • Power plants near violence

    1

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Libya, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 100%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
16.5%
2023
Refugees who fled
20,963
2025
Refugees hosted
658,477
2025
Internally displaced
32,791
2025
Sanctions designations
100
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$6,449
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence2

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-10Hawari area of BenghaziUnidentified armed group (Libya) — Unidentified armed group (Libya)10Reuters News
2026-08-03 – 2026-08-04Libyan cities of Sorman and ZawiyaUnidentified armed group (Libya) — Unidentified armed group (Libya)53Reuters News, Agence France Presse, Xinhua News Agency

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Unidentified armed group (Libya)6

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days1

  • FloodFlood in Libya · Sep 23, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Libya: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Power plants near danger1

  • North Benghazi Station 1 · Gas · 1,040 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 9 km

Distance only: this does not mean a plant was affected.

WRI Global Power Plant Database; UCDP; GDACS · USGS

Next 7 days in Tripoli

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2922…270.0 mm36 km/h
Wed, Sep 3021…270.0 mm39 km/h
Thu, Oct 122…270.0 mm35 km/h
Fri, Oct 221…260.0 mm36 km/h
Sat, Oct 320…260.0 mm35 km/h
Sun, Oct 419…280.0 mm36 km/h
Mon, Oct 519…290.0 mm28 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Bread / 5 pcs1.67 LYD0.260%
Couscous / KG6.25 LYD0.99-11%
Pasta / 500 G3 LYD0.470%
Potatoes / KG3.88 LYD0.61-22%
Rice / KG5.6 LYD0.89+2%
Wheat flour / KG3.75 LYD0.59+15%
Milk (condensed) / 200 ML3.12 LYD0.49+4%
Milk (pasteurized) / L6.5 LYD1.03+13%
Salt / KG1 LYD0.160%
Sugar / KG5 LYD0.790%
Tea (black) / 250 G8 LYD1.270%
Tea (green) / 250 G5 LYD0.790%
Tomatoes (paste) / 400 G4.5 LYD0.71-5%
Oil (vegetable) / L11.62 LYD1.84+43%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-05); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

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Floods

  • Flood in Libya · Sep 8, 2023 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)