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Libya

Upper middle income · Population 7,381,023.00 · GDP 48,487,151,215.35
HistorySaid – pattern

Libya matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2017. 19 pattern matches detected historically. View →

HistorySaid – ranking

Libya ranks 97th globally by GDP ($48.5B in 2024). View →

HistorySaid – inflation

Inflation in Libya fell from 2.4% (2023) to 2.1% (2024) – a 0.2pp shift. View →

HistorySaid – population

Libya has a population of 7.4 million as of 2024 (growth: 1.03%). View →

Economy & Growth
GDP $48.5B GDP per Capita $6,569 GDP Growth 1.90%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Value Added 1.69% 1.77% 2.39% 1.21% Trend 0.81% Trend 0.41% Trend
GDP $43.2B $44.0B $48.5B $47.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $49.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $51.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $53.1B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $55.5B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $57.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP Deflator 42.77% -7.62% 8.51% 4.41% Trend -2.75% Trend -9.90% Trend
GDP Growth -8.30% 10.20% 1.90% 15.56% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.23% IMF WEO Oct 2025 2.29% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.75% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.93% IMF WEO Oct 2025 2.21% IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP PPP $88.6B $101.2B $105.6B $125.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $132.8B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $138.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $142.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $148.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $154.3B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita $5,987 $6,027 $6,569 $6,866 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $6,972 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $7,183 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $7,387 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $7,634 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $7,885 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita PPP $12,266 $13,847 $14,304 $17,931 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $18,837 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $19,397 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $19,859 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $20,393 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $21,024 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GNI $43.4B $46.2B $52.2B $51.0B Trend $53.1B Trend $55.1B Trend
GNI per Capita $6,010 $6,160 $6,890 $6,299 Trend $6,198 Trend $6,097 Trend
Gross Savings 34.49% 24.72%
Industry Value Added 76.84% 78.90% 73.50% 99.74% Trend 111.65% Trend 123.56% Trend
Services Value Added 26.58% 23.98% 28.34% 1.42% Trend -11.40% Trend -24.23% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Prices & Inflation
Inflation Rate 2.13% Consumer Price Index 284.18 PPP Conversion Factor 2.22
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Consumer Price Index 271.81 278.26 284.18 293.70 Trend 301.79 Trend 309.87 Trend
Inflation Rate 4.51% 2.37% 2.13% 1.82% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025
PPP Conversion Factor 2.35 2.09 2.22 2.78 Trend 3.09 Trend 3.40 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Population
Population 7.4M Population Growth 1.03% Population Density 4.2
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
Birth Rate 17.0 15.9 Trend 15.3 Trend
Death Rate 6.7 6.5 Trend 6.7 Trend
Dependency Ratio 48.90 48.00 47.03 Trend 46.09 Trend 45.14 Trend
Fertility Rate 2.36 2.26 Trend 2.22 Trend
Life Expectancy 69.3 70.2 Trend 69.7 Trend
Net Migration -2,001 3,448 -172 1,664 Trend 2,313 Trend 2,963 Trend
Population 7.3M 7.4M 7.5M Trend 7.6M Trend 7.6M Trend
Population Density 4.2 4.3 Trend 4.3 Trend
Population Growth 1.13% 1.03% 0.97% Trend 0.89% Trend 0.81% Trend
Refugee Population
Urban Population 87.86% 87.89% 87.90% Trend 87.91% Trend 87.92% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Employment
Unemployment Rate 18.76% Youth Unemployment 50.06% Labor Force Participation 47.96%
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Agriculture Employment 10.60% 10.52% 10.00% 9.95% Trend 9.73% Trend 9.51% Trend
Female Labor Participation 33.47% 33.28% 33.00% 33.82% Trend 34.12% Trend 34.41% Trend
Industry Employment 18.28% 18.08% 18.63% 18.44% Trend 18.50% Trend 18.55% Trend
Labor Force Participation 48.51% 48.27% 47.96% 49.15% Trend 49.60% Trend 50.06% Trend
Services Employment 71.12% 71.40% 71.38% 71.62% Trend 71.77% Trend 71.93% Trend
Unemployment Rate 18.71% 19.09% 18.76%
Youth Unemployment 49.86% 50.59% 50.06% 49.39% Trend 48.96% Trend 48.53% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Government
Military Spending 5.29%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Budget Deficit 23.60% 8.22% -25.05% -4.31% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.01% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.11% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.08% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.06% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.14% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Education Spending
Government Debt to GDP
Government Revenue 85.78% 73.57% 69.79% 67.71% IMF WEO Oct 2025 61.66% IMF WEO Oct 2025 59.11% IMF WEO Oct 2025 57.31% IMF WEO Oct 2025 55.37% IMF WEO Oct 2025 53.41% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Spending
Health Spending 4.74% 7.81% 7.11% Trend 7.33% Trend
Military Spending 4.35% 5.29% 4.71% Trend 4.40% Trend
Tax Revenue
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Debt
Money
Lending Rate 6.00% Deposit Rate 2.50% Real Interest Rate 7.08%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Credit to GDP 10.72% 12.22% 13.04% 8.85% Trend 7.21% Trend 5.57% Trend
Deposit Rate
Lending Rate
M2 Money Supply Growth
Non-Performing Loans
Real Interest Rate
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Currency
Exchange Rate 4.83 Foreign Reserves $92.9B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Exchange Rate 4.81 4.81 4.83 6.23 Trend 6.95 Trend 7.67 Trend
Foreign Reserves $86.7B $92.4B $92.9B $97.8B Trend $101.4B Trend $105.1B Trend
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Reserves in Months of Imports 35.1 31.6 24.2 Trend 19.9 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Trade
Exports $37.8B Imports $33.3B Trade Balance $7.3B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Current Account Balance 22.22% 4.24% 0.94% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.60% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.45% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.41% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.38% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.43% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Exports $39.8B $37.8B $48.6B Trend $53.3B Trend
FDI Inflows 1.62% 1.81% 1.84% Trend 1.89% Trend
FDI Outflows 0.14% -0.37% -0.12% -0.61% Trend -0.89% Trend -1.16% Trend
Imports $27.9B $33.3B $37.0B Trend $39.9B Trend
Remittances Received
Tourism Receipts
Trade Balance $12.0B $6.6B $7.3B $12.8B Trend $15.2B Trend $17.5B Trend
Trade Openness 156.32% 159.43% 128.82% 177.22% Trend 192.30% Trend 207.38% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Financial Markets
Indicator 2012 2013 2014
Interest Rate Spread 3.50% 3.50% 3.50%
Listed Companies
Market Capitalization
Stock Turnover Ratio
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Political Stability
Political Stability -2.17 Government Effectiveness -1.64 Regulatory Quality -1.95
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Control of Corruption -1.58 -1.53 -1.53 -1.50 Trend -1.48 Trend
Government Effectiveness -1.75 -1.76 -1.64 -1.60 Trend -1.56 Trend
Political Stability -2.31 -2.19 -2.17 -1.91 Trend -1.81 Trend
Regulatory Quality -1.97 -2.09 -1.95 -1.77 Trend -1.68 Trend
Rule of Law -1.80 -1.80 -1.77 -1.78 Trend -1.77 Trend
Voice and Accountability -1.45 -1.38 -1.39 -1.35 Trend -1.34 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Health
Health Expenditure per Capita $470 Infant Mortality Rate 15.9 Maternal Mortality Ratio 59.00
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Health Expenditure per Capita $299 $284 $470 $274 Trend $239 Trend
Hospital Beds 3.20 3.50 3.56 Trend
Infant Mortality Rate 8.7 8.4 15.9 15.4 Trend 16.6 Trend
Maternal Mortality Ratio 98.00 60.00 59.00 61.40 Trend 59.10 Trend
Physicians
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Education
Literacy Rate 60.16% Tertiary Enrollment 58.54% Education Spending 2.26%
Indicator 2004 2005 2006
Education Spending
Literacy Rate
Primary Enrollment 108.33% 102.51% 107.00%
Tertiary Enrollment
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Energy
Renewable Energy 3.10%
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
CO2 Emissions
CO2 per Capita
Electricity Access 70.20% 70.00% 73.20% 74.26% Trend 75.26% Trend
Energy Use per Capita 2,369 2,539 1,574 Trend
Forest Area 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% Trend 0.12% Trend
Renewable Energy 3.10%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Technology
Internet Users 88.50% Mobile Subscriptions 192.97
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
High-tech Exports
Internet Users 88.56% 88.64% 88.50% 116.69% Trend 125.18% Trend
Mobile Subscriptions 195.12 192.97 270.32 Trend
Patent Applications
R&D Spending
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Inequality