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Libya

LY · currency LYD (Libyan dinar)

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Overview

  • Population

    7.5M

    people · 2025

    World Bank

  • GDP

    $48.1B

    current US$ · 2025

    World Bank

  • Inflation

    not yet covered

  • Policy rate

    not yet covered

  • Official exchange rate

    not yet covered

    World Bank annual average

  • Market exchange rate

    not yet covered

Coverage: 30 of 41 annual indicators reported, latest years 2014–2026. Gaps read “not available” (source has no figure) or “not yet covered” (not yet collected), never zero.

Currencies & Rates

Official and market exchange rates, policy rates, government yields, bank rates, reserves and stock indices.

Exchange rates

not yet covered

Official rate, 10-year annual average (LYD per US$1, World Bank)

1.23.255.320142017202020232025

Policy rate

not yet covered

Government securities yields

not yet covered

Annual indicators

Annual indicators · latest year reported for Libya · change over the period shown
Indicator Latest Year Change Source Data
FX reserves Current US$, total reserves including gold includes gold $104.7B 2025 ↑ $11B since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Lending rate % per year, average bank lending rate 6% 2014 — World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Deposit rate % per year, average bank deposit rate 2.5% 2014 — World Bank CSV Rank Compare
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Economy & Prices

Output, growth, inflation, jobs, investment, the structure of the economy and minimum wages.

Inflation % change from a year earlier

not yet covered

Annual indicators

Annual indicators · latest year reported for Libya · change over the period shown
Indicator Latest Year Change Source Data
GDP Current US$ $48.1B 2025 ↓ $9.3B since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
GDP growth % change, real (inflation-adjusted) 13.4% 2025 ↑ 36.4 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
GDP per capita (PPP) Current international $ per person, PPP $16,521 2025 ↓ $988.13 since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
GDP per capita growth % change per person, real 12.2% 2025 ↑ 36.7 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Unemployment % of labour force ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ 18.8% 2025 ↓ 0.5 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Investment rate Gross fixed capital formation, % of GDP 14.3% 2025 ↓ 8.9 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Agriculture share of GDP Agriculture value added, % of GDP 1.5% 2025 ↓ 2 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Manufacturing share of GDP Manufacturing value added, % of GDP 2.8% 2017 ↓ 1.8 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Services share of GDP Services value added, % of GDP 26.9% 2025 ↓ 40.9 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
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Public Finance & Debt

Government revenue, budget balance, public and external debt, debt service and sovereign credit ratings.

Sovereign credit ratings

No published sovereign rating recorded

Annual indicators

Annual indicators · latest year reported for Libya · change over the period shown
Indicator Latest Year Change Source Data
Government revenue / GDP General government revenue, % of GDP 2026 is an IMF projection (forecast) for the year in progress when fetched, not a reported outturn. 67.9% 2026 ↑ 38.4 pts since 2014 IMF DataMapper CSV Rank Compare
Budget balance / GDP General government net lending/borrowing, % of GDP Latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates -20.9% 2026 ↑ 9.6 pts since 2014 IMF World Economic Outlook Oct 2025 CSV Rank Compare

Not available for Libya: Debt to GDP, Gross debt (national currency), External debt, Debt service / exports.

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Trade & Resources

Exports, imports, trade partners and products, investment and remittance flows, oil and commodities.

Trade profile

Goods and services, current US$
FlowLatestChange
Exports $37.8B · 2023 ↑ $18.4B since 2014
Imports $33.3B · 2023 ↓ $4.6B since 2014
Balance derived $4.5B · 2023 ↑ $23B since 2014

Top exports · 2019

Products

  1. Mineral fuels$27.6B · 94.4%
  2. Pearls, precious stones and metals$1.2B · 4.1%
  3. Iron and steel$202.4M · 0.7%
  4. Copper$62.2M · 0.2%
  5. Organic chemicals$33.9M · 0.1%
Show all 10 products
  1. Aluminium$29.5M · 0.1%
  2. Fish and crustaceans$21.3M · 0.1%
  3. Salt, earths, stone, cement$13.9M · 0.0%
  4. Electrical machinery and equipment$13.6M · 0.0%
  5. Commodities not specified$12.9M · 0.0%

Partners

  1. Italy$9.7B · 33.2%
  2. China$6.6B · 22.5%
  3. Spain$3.4B · 11.6%
  4. France$1.5B · 5.0%
  5. United Arab Emirates$1.2B · 4.1%
Show all 10 partners
  1. United States$776.6M · 2.7%
  2. Denmark$739.4M · 2.5%
  3. Greece$693.6M · 2.4%
  4. Netherlands$661.6M · 2.3%
  5. Australia$570.6M · 1.9%

Top imports · 2019

Products

  1. Mineral fuels$2.1B · 13.1%
  2. Electrical machinery and equipment$1.5B · 9.6%
  3. Vehicles other than railway$1.5B · 9.4%
  4. Machinery and mechanical appliances$1.1B · 7.0%
  5. Cereals$595.4M · 3.8%
Show all 10 products
  1. Tobacco$463M · 3.0%
  2. Plastics$460.2M · 2.9%
  3. Furniture, bedding, lamps$426.2M · 2.7%
  4. Pharmaceutical products$390.7M · 2.5%
  5. Apparel, knitted$353.7M · 2.3%

Partners

  1. China$2.5B · 15.7%
  2. Türkiye$2.1B · 13.2%
  3. Italy$1.4B · 8.9%
  4. United Arab Emirates$1.4B · 8.6%
  5. Egypt$830.7M · 5.3%
Show all 10 partners
  1. South Korea$631.9M · 4.0%
  2. Netherlands$595.3M · 3.8%
  3. Tunisia$538.1M · 3.4%
  4. Germany$503.1M · 3.2%
  5. Spain$468.3M · 3.0%

2025 filings are still arriving — this page updates as each country reports

Commodity exposure for Libya →

Annual indicators

Annual indicators · latest year reported for Libya · change over the period shown
Indicator Latest Year Change Source Data
Exports of goods and services Goods and services, current US$ $37.8B 2023 ↑ $18.4B since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Exports per capita derived Current US$ per person (derived) $5,168 2023 ↑ $2,152 since 2014 Derived from World Bank series on this page CSV Rank Compare
Current account / GDP Current-account balance, % of GDP Latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates 4.2% 2026 ↑ 37.3 pts since 2014 IMF World Economic Outlook Oct 2025 CSV Rank Compare
FDI inflows Foreign direct investment, net inflows, current US$ $794.7M 2023 ↑ $191.7M since 2021 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Terms of trade Net barter terms of trade, index (2015 = 100) 119.30 2024 ↓ 31.20 since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Crude production Crude oil production, barrels per day EIA · thousand barrels/day 1.36 million b/d 2025 ↑ 833.2 kb/d since 2014 EIA CSV Rank Compare

Not available for Libya: Remittances, Tourist arrivals.

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People & Society

Population, health, education, poverty and inequality, access to services and democracy.

Annual indicators · latest year reported for Libya · change over the period shown
Indicator Latest Year Change Source Data
Population People, total 7.5M 2025 ↑ 1M since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Median age Years 27.2 years 2023 ↑ 2 years since 2014 UN WPP 2024, via Our World in Data CSV
Life expectancy Years at birth 71.1 years 2024 ↓ 0.2 years since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Child mortality Under-5 deaths per 1,000 live births 9.8 per 1,000 2024 ↓ 4 since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Health expenditure Current health spending, % of GDP 7.8% 2023 ↑ 2.6 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Physicians Per 1,000 people 2 per 1,000 2017 ↑ 0 since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Electricity access % of population 77.4% 2024 ↑ 1.9 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Internet users % of population using the internet 82% 2024 ↑ 64.2 pts since 2014 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Account ownership % of people aged 15+ with an account Findex · every 3–4 years 33.1% 2024 ↓ 32.5 pts since 2017 World Bank CSV Rank Compare
Electoral democracy V-Dem electoral democracy index, 0 to 1 0.19 2025 ↓ 0.09 since 2014 V-Dem Institute CSV Rank Compare

Not available for Libya: Adult literacy, Tertiary enrollment, Poverty ($3/day), National poverty line, Gini index.

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