Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Virginia instead of Libya, you would:
Economy
make 3.9 times more money
Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Virginia, the GDP per capita is $69,111 as of 2024.
be 81.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Virginia, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 95.0% more likely to have internet access
In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Virginia, about 90.1% do as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
