Libya scores 1.11 out of 4 on the composite, which places it in the Emerging tier at rank 28 of 54. The eight pillar scores are fellow-assigned values from the Regional Summary, and the indicators are not scored. The composite is below the North Africa mean of 1.57 and the Africa mean of 1.33. Strategy and Vision is the strongest pillar at 2.33 and Implementation and Impact is the weakest at 0.70. Five of the eight pillars sit in the Nascent tier. Desk research in October 2026, which did not inform the scores, found a national strategy unveiled on 1 June 2026, no standalone data protection law and no data protection authority.
P1Strategy & Vision2.33 / 4Developing
Strategy and Vision scores 2.33 (Developing), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found that Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah of the Government of National Unity unveiled the National AI Strategy 2026 to 2030 and a National Charter for AI Ethics on 1 June 2026. The charter is reported as formally adopted (S1.1). OECD.AI lists the strategy as 2025 to 2030, a period discrepancy (S1.2). Targets for 2030 include 80% of public administrations using AI solutions and 100 AI startups (S1.7), and the strategy reportedly holds 35 initiatives (S1.8). A July 2026 SMEX analysis found that all 13 consulted entities were state bodies (S1.6). A budget, African Union alignment and a review mechanism were not determined (S1.4, S1.5, S1.10).
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P2Governance & Regulation0.80 / 4Nascent
Governance and Regulation scores 0.80 (Nascent), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 confirmed four absences. Libya has no standalone data protection law and no data protection authority, and so no authority staff or budget (G2.2, G2.3, G2.4). The editor's note of 7 October 2026 records that Law No. 6 of 2022 on Electronic Transactions, issued on 4 October 2022, contains personal data provisions in Articles 73 to 79 (G2.2). The African Union status list dated 2 February 2026 records no Malabo Convention signature, ratification or deposit for Libya (G2.7). The other indicators were not determined. No bill or law specific to artificial intelligence was identified (G2.1), and no dedicated governance body was confirmed (G2.5).
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P3Infrastructure & Data0.90 / 4Nascent
Infrastructure and Data scores 0.90 (Nascent), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found 4 submarine cable landing points, at Tripoli, Benghazi, Misurata and Derna, carrying 4 international cable systems: EIG, Italy-Libya, Medusa and Silphium (I3.3). Article 78 of Law No. 6 of 2022 on Electronic Transactions regulates transfers of personal data abroad, and the editor's note of 7 October 2026 resolves an earlier conflict between sources on this point (I3.8). The research confirmed that no hyperscaler region is located in the country (I3.5). The data centre count, data centre power capacity, international bandwidth and a localisation provision were not determined (I3.1, I3.2, I3.4, I3.7). No Libya system appears on the TOP500 list of June 2026 (I3.6).
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P4Human Capital0.80 / 4Nascent
Human Capital scores 0.80 (Nascent), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found evidence on 3 of the 10 indicators. The CSET Country Activity Tracker, via Our World in Data, counts 109 artificial intelligence scholarly publications for Libya in 2024 and 125 in 2023 (H4.4). The strategy launched in June 2026 targets training 10,000 professionals by 2030, a planned measure (H4.7). Modern Standard Arabic and Tamasheq are supported in the translation tools checked, while Libyan Arabic, Nafusi/Libyan Tamazight and Tebu are not listed (H4.10). The other 7 indicators were not determined. No source was opened on university programmes or school computer science education (H4.3, H4.6), and no labour transition framework was found (H4.8).
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P5Innovation & Ecosystem0.80 / 4Nascent
Innovation and Ecosystem scores 0.80 (Nascent), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found evidence on none of the 10 indicators. It confirmed one absence: the national standards body, LNCSM, is an ISO member body, but Libya is absent from the participating and observing member lists of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, and no national artificial intelligence committee was found (N5.8). The other 9 indicators were not determined. No company count could be read (N5.1). Partech's 2025 report implies that Libya received less than US$50M in tech equity in 2025, with no country figure (N5.2). No regulatory sandbox, safety evaluation facility or risk assessment framework was identified in the sources opened (N5.4, N5.6, N5.9).
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P6Ethics & Inclusion1.20 / 4Emerging
Ethics and Inclusion scores 1.20 (Emerging), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found that the National Charter for AI Ethics classifies justice, security and health systems as high-risk and requires 'mandatory prior ethical assessment plus human oversight'. Classification relies on self-assessment, and the charter is an executive instrument, not legislation (E6.1). The charter imposes no obligation to disclose the logic of an adverse algorithmic decision (E6.3). The research confirmed three absences: no redress mechanism was found operating (E6.4), no civil society organisation appeared in the drafting chain (E6.8), and no youth body took part in drafting (E6.10). Bias audit requirements, a judicial remedy and an advisory body were not determined (E6.2, E6.5, E6.6).
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P7Regional Integration1.20 / 4Emerging
Regional Integration scores 1.20 (Emerging), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found Libya on the official signatory list of the Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, done at Kigali on 4 April 2025, with no national implementation step citing the Declaration (R7.1, R7.2). Libya delivered a national statement at the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on 6 to 7 July 2026 (R7.9). The other indicators were not determined. Libya is a member of AMU, COMESA and CEN-SAD, but no regional coordination activity involving Libya was found (R7.3). No cross-border agreement, election provision, disinformation framework or platform engagement was found in the sources opened (R7.4, R7.5, R7.6, R7.8).
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P8Implementation & Impact0.70 / 4Nascent
Implementation and Impact scores 0.70 (Nascent), a fellow-assigned value. Desk research in October 2026 found evidence on none of the 10 indicators. It confirmed one absence: OECD.AI records an implementation-monitoring mechanism, and states that the strategy is not yet evaluated and that evaluation results will not be public (M8.5). The other 9 indicators were not determined. The strategy and charter carry no disclosed budget (M8.1). Health, financial services and education are priority sectors, but no health regulation, Central Bank of Libya guidance or education-ministry guidance was found (M8.2, M8.7, M8.8). No government system registry is mentioned (M8.4), and no documented protective outcome was found (M8.9).
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