Libya: Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 2 percentage points from 72% in 2018. Since 2000 it is up 70 percentage points from 0% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Libya's antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) fell 2 percentage points on 2022 (from 72% to 70%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.8 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 2 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.51 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Libya in the 2023 ranking

• Bolivia — 1st of 4: 98%
• Guatemala — 2nd of 4: 82%
• Colombia — 4th of 4: 53%

What this measures

Percentage of pregnant women with HIV who receive antiretroviral medicine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 18 values

Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 14% (2024)
• Algeria — 74% (2019)
• Djibouti — 38% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 27% (2024)
• Morocco — 72% (2024)
• Pakistan — 14% (2024)
• Tunisia — 32% (2024)
• Yemen, Rep. — 11% (2024)

More health data for Libya

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.23% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 974,357 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.57% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.03 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 27.11% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 26.85% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.96% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Libya's antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV)?

70% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 70 percentage points from 0% in 2000. The highest value was 72% in 2018 and the lowest 0% in 2000.

Is the latest change in antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) unusual for Libya?

In 2023, Libya's antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) fell 2 percentage points on 2022 (from 72% to 70%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.8 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.HIV.PMTC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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