Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of October 1, 2026
Who holds the health record in Libya?
In 2026, Libya scores 23 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record. It is tied for 189th of 198 countries and territories, and could rank anywhere from 172nd to 197th allowing for scoring error, in the Poor band (0 to 24). Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026.
Doctors, hospitals and insurers decide. No right is above the typical country. The closest is your say over research use (46 out of 100, against 46 for the typical country). The furthest behind is getting your full record (20 out of 100, against 40 to 45 for the typical country).
Libya has no data protection law and mostly paper records; a 1986 law protects medical secrets, but patients have no verified right to their file.
Published · updated · this country's data as of October 1, 2026 · research tool, not legal advice
overall score · Poor band, 0 to 24
23/100
rank among 198 countries and territories; likely 172nd to 197th, allowing for scoring error
In 2026, getting your full record scores 20 out of 100 in Libya; the typical country scores 40 to 45. No Libyan law we opened gives patients a right to see or copy their medical record, and Libya has no data protection law. Records are still mostly on paper, and no patient portal was found. Source: Law Society of Libya, 1986, and the other sources below.
Who controls health records in Libya?
In 2026, doctors, hospitals and insurers hold the keys to your health record in Libya. Control over who sees it scores 22 out of 100 in Libya; the typical country scores 30. Patients have no legal tools to decide who sees their health record: no opt-out, no granular consent and no access log. The main protection is a 1986 duty on medical staff to keep patient secrets. Source: Law Society of Libya, 1986, and the other sources below.
How does Libya compare?
In 2026, Libya scores 23 out of 100, against 39 for the typical country. This brief compares it with Eritrea (22 out of 100), Sudan (22 out of 100) and Guinea-Bissau (21 out of 100). Source: the ranking of all 198 countries and territories.
Eight rights, compared with Eritrea, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau and the typical country
Scores out of 100, by right
Getting your full record20%
20
18 · 22 · 20
Control over who sees it20%
22
22 · 22 · 20
Privacy and security15%
25
25 · 20 · 22
One record across your care15%
18
20 · 18 · 20
Protection from sale and ads10%
25
25 · 20 · 20
Doctors see it when treating you10%
17
15 · 15 · 15
Your say over research use5%
46
43 · 46 · 43
Rules for AI in your care5%
25
18 · 25 · 15
Black dot: Libya. Hollow dots: Eritrea, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau (scores out of 100 on the right, same order). Gray line: the typical country of all 198. Overall: Libya 23 out of 100. Scores move in steps of about 5 points, so read a rank with its likely range.
What would Libya need to change to score higher?
Libya sits in Poor (0 to 24); Weak starts at 25. Its two weakest rights, compared with the typical country and weighted by how much each counts, are getting your full record (20 out of 100, against 40 to 45 for the typical country) and privacy and security (25 out of 100, against 45 for the typical country). Our scoring rules give more points for:
Getting your full record: A national portal that shows most people at least part of their record (a summary, prescriptions, lab results) puts this right at 60 to 75 out of 100. A near-full record that you can download, with a long history and used by most people, puts it at 76 to 90.
Privacy and security: A health data regulator that is independent and actually acts: it decides cases about health records, breaches must be reported, and fines are applied.
Which laws give health record rights in Libya?
Constitutional Declaration of 2011, Articles 12 and 13: Protects private life and the confidentiality of correspondence and communications.
Health Law No. 106 of 1973: Licenses health facilities, pharmacies and medical professions; we found no patient record access clause.
Medical Responsibility Law No. 17 of 1986: Medical secrecy, treatment consent, record-keeping duty, consent for experiments on people.
Doctors, waits and private care context, not part of the score
Doctors per 10,000
20.4 2017
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
63.8 2017
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
unknown
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Real cases
We found no real cases published in the last two years.
In 2026, Libya scored 23 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record, tied for 189th of 198 countries and territories (could be 172nd to 197th), in the Poor band. Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/libya/
The 16 sources for Libya
Each source appears once, under the first right it supports. Titles are shown as our research agents recorded them, usually in the page's own language; text in square brackets is our machine translation. Links were checked on the date shown.
Getting your full record (4 sources)
“Law No. 17 of 1986 on Medical Responsibility”
Law Society of Libya (law or regulation) · Title in English
Dated 1986 · Link checked October 2, 2026 (opened)
Used for: Getting your full record; Control over who sees it; Protection from sale and ads; Doctors see it when treating you; Your say over research use
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