Libya is not ranked in the 2012 SIGI due to missing data for one
or more SIGI variables. However, the country note below sets out
information and data relating to variables where this is
available information The country was ranked 91 out of 102 in
the 2009 Social Institutions and Gender Index. Libya is ranked
in 64th (out of 187 countries) place in the 2011 Human
Development Index (HDI), with a value of 0.760. The Gender
Inequality Index value is 0.314 placing it at 51 out of 146
countries with data. Libya is not ranked under the 2011 Global
Gender Gap Index. Libya’s has no unified family code. Different
laws relating to personal status are partly based on the Maliki
school of Sunni Islam, and contain provisions that discriminate
against women (as discussed below). All decisions relating to
personal status are decided by civil courts, as Gaddafi merged
civil and Sharia courts when he came to power in 1969. The legal
age of marriage is 20 years for both men and women in Libya, but
judges can grant permission