Highest Poverty in Libya

Top 100 cities ranked by highest poverty

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All Countries · Libya

Highest Poverty — Libya

1 Awjilah 83 33.0%

2 Qaryat al Bayyāḑah 66 33.0%

3 Barqin 78 33.0%

4 Qaşr Lībiyā 63 33.0%

5 Daraj 74 33.0%

6 Ar Rujbān 80 33.0%

7 Jardas al ‘Abīd 66 33.0%

8 Tījī 74 33.0%

9 Kambūt 79 33.0%

10 Qīrah 78 33.0%

11 Al Qaţrūn 73 33.0%

12 Sūsah 63 33.0%

13 Tamzāwah 78 33.0%

14 Daryānah 69 33.0%

15 Kābāw 74 33.0%

16 Qandūlah 63 33.0%

17 Massah 63 33.0%

18 Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtār 63 33.0%

19 Tāzirbū 65 33.0%

20 Tarāghin 73 33.0%

21 Al Abraq 63 33.0%

22 Umm Sā'ad 79 33.0%

23 Qamīnis 69 33.0%

24 Umm ar Rizam 70 33.0%

25 Al Bardīyah 79 33.0%

26 Martūbah 70 33.0%

27 Al Khaḑrā’ 82 33.0%

28 Sīdī aş Şayd 77 33.0%

29 Al Barakāt 71 33.0%

30 Ar-Raḥaībāt 80 33.0%

31 Zillah 64 33.0%

32 Waddān 64 33.0%

33 Umm al Arānib 73 33.0%

34 Wardāmah 63 33.0%

35 Kiklah 80 33.0%

36 Sūknah 64 33.0%

37 Ghadames 74 33.0%

38 Jādū 80 33.0%

39 Tūkrah 66 33.0%

40 Jālū 83 33.0%

41 Zalţan 67 33.0%

42 Al Māyah 81 33.0%

43 Abū Zayyān 80 33.0%

44 Ghat 71 33.0%

45 Ar Rayāyinah 80 33.0%

46 Al Qawāsim 80 33.0%

47 Bin Jawwād 76 33.0%

48 Brak 78 33.0%

49 Qaşr Khiyār 77 33.0%

50 Mizdah 80 33.0%

51 Wādī 'Utbah 73 33.0%

52 Al-'Alūaṣ 82 33.0%

53 Qarqūzah 68 33.0%

54 Qaryat Sulūq 69 33.0%

55 An Nāşirīyah 81 33.0%

56 Az Zuwaytīnah 83 33.0%

57 Yafran 80 33.0%

58 Al Ghurayfah 84 33.0%

59 Hūn 64 33.0%

60 Al Qubbah 70 33.0%

61 Az Zahrā’ 81 33.0%

62 Al Aşābi‘ah 80 33.0%

63 Nālūt 74 33.0%

64 Shahhat 63 33.0%

65 Murzuk 73 33.0%

66 Al Burayqah 83 33.0%

67 Sīdī Bin Zīnah 67 33.0%

68 Al Abyār 66 33.0%

69 Zintan 80 33.0%

70 Ubari 84 33.0%

71 Zuwarah 67 33.0%

72 Gharyan 80 33.0%

73 Al Jawf 65 33.0%

74 Bani Walid 72 33.0%

75 At Tāj 65 33.0%

76 Qaşr al Qarabūllī 77 33.0%

77 Al ‘Azīzīyah 81 33.0%

78 Tarhuna 82 33.0%

79 As Sawānī 81 33.0%

80 Msalātah 82 33.0%

81 Şurmān 68 33.0%

82 Al Ḩurshah 68 33.0%

83 Şabrātah 68 33.0%

84 Al Marj 66 33.0%

85 Tājūrā’ 77 33.0%

86 Qaşr Bin Ghashīr 77 33.0%

87 Al Jumayl 67 33.0%

88 Darnah 70 33.0%

89 Sirte 76 33.0%

90 Al Jadīd 75 33.0%

91 Al Bayḑā’ 63 33.0%

92 Al Ajaylat 67 33.0%

93 Ajdabiya 83 33.0%

94 Tobruk 79 33.0%

95 Sabha 75 33.0%

96 Janzūr 81 33.0%

97 Zawiya 68 33.0%

98 Az Zāwīyah 68 33.0%

99 Al Khums 82 33.0%

100 Zliten 72 33.0%

Cities with the highest poverty rates in Libya face deep economic challenges affecting a significant portion of their population. Awjilah has a poverty rate of 33.0%.

High poverty rates impact communities in multiple ways: reduced access to healthcare and healthy food, lower educational outcomes, higher crime rates, and deteriorating infrastructure. These challenges are interconnected and require comprehensive solutions.

Addressing poverty in these cities requires a multi-pronged approach including economic development, affordable housing, quality education, healthcare access, and workforce training programs targeting underserved populations.

Did You Know?

1. In Awjilah, 33.0% of residents — roughly 1 in 3 people — live below the poverty line.
2. Child poverty rates in these cities are often even higher than the overall rate, sometimes exceeding 40%.
3. Poverty is measured by household income relative to family size — the threshold varies from $15,060 for an individual to $31,200 for a family of four.

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