(MUNDO) LIBYA

Location: between Egypt and Tunisia
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
Median age: 23.5 years
Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%
Religions: Sunni Muslim 97%
Languages: Arabic, Italian, English
Population: 6 milliones
Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute about 95% of export earnings.

Substantial revenues from the energy sector coupled with a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa.

in December 2003, it announced that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction.

Almost all USA unilateral sanctions against Libya were removed in April 2004