Libya

News coverage about Libya accounts for 0.099% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 4.2% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -1.61 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.099%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-4.2%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.61
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Libya coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.10% on 2026-08-200.000.250.50May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Libya coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.61 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (3/day latest)

Protest events located in Libya: 29 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0Jun 1Jun 6Jun 18Jul 2Jul 29Aug 12Aug 19

Diplomacy (15/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Libya: 85 days, latest 15.00 on 2026-08-200.00100200May 26Jun 11Jun 27Jul 12Jul 27Aug 11Aug 20

Coercion & force (3/day latest)

Coercive events located in Libya: 85 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 11Jun 26Jul 11Jul 27Aug 11Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Libya, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 28% of the coverage about Libya came from outlets based in Libya — the rest was written from abroad (6,330 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Libya from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 26.67 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Libya produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Tripoli (7)

Places named in coverage about Libya on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Libya

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$48.1B
World Bank, 2025
Population
7.5M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
137.7%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
5.3%
World Bank, 2023

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
25
best estimate
Civilian deaths
1
within the above
Recorded events
9
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
32,791
within the country
Refugees abroad
17,161
originating from Libya
Refugees hosted
552,523
from other countries
Asylum seekers
105,954
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Libya-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).