Cost of Living inAl Ajaylat, Libya
Image credit: Tarek Siala from Tripoli, Libya
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Libya: $12,584/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 82% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
Happiness
5.9 / 10
#65 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Libya yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Al Ajaylat. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Al Ajaylat is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Libya.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
GoodSolid hospital-bed capacity support this rating.
Public care
GoodStrong public funding and relatively low patient cost-sharing support this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
71/100
2023
Physicians
2.04/1k
2017
Hospital beds
3.50/1k
2022
Out of pocket
19%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
71.1 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
59/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
5.2/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Libya yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Al Ajaylat, Libya · Source: GDP-derived estimate (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Al Ajaylat compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.9x further in Al Ajaylat than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Libya here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Al Ajaylat cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Al Ajaylat is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 82% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Al Ajaylat. We are using the country-level cost index for Libya here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Al Ajaylat compare with New York City?
Rent in Al Ajaylat is about 95% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Libya here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Al Ajaylat?
Groceries in Al Ajaylat are about 77% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 88% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Libya here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Al Ajaylat
Al Ajaylat sits on the coastal plain of northwestern Libya, roughly 90 kilometers west of Tripoli and inland from the Mediterranean shore. Population is about 130,000, and the local economy is tied to agriculture — olives, citrus, and dates — alongside small-scale manufacturing and the regional road network running west toward the Tunisian border at Ras Ajdir. The city has been on the front lines of Libya's post-2011 instability, with security conditions varying sharply by year and by which armed faction holds the area. Climate is hot Mediterranean: dry summers above 35C, mild winters with limited rainfall. Foreign relocation is effectively zero — international travel advisories warn against all travel to Libya — and even Libyans living abroad weigh return cautiously against the country's fragmented governance and patchy public services.
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