Libya fact of the day by Tyler Cowen February 21, 2011 at 7:47 am in Data Source Economics History Libyan gdp per capita was about $40 in the early 1950s and it rose to $1,018 by 1967. In 1966 alone, per capita gdp rose by 42 percent. The source is here. A photo of the Leptis Magna theater is here.