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Libya – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Libya Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

192.97 −2.14 from 2021 G20 rank: 6th · all-time high: 195.12 (2021)

APA

Libya Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/libya/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_libya_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Libya Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/libya/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025* trend	270.32	–	–
2022	192.97	−2.14	6th
2021	195.12	+30.13	3rd
2020	164.99	+0.98	6th
2019	164.00	+74.67	11th
2017	89.33	−26.17	144th
2016	115.50	−33.73	90th
2015	149.23	+17.02	22nd
2014	132.20	−30.14	47th
2013	162.35	+7.20	12th
2012	155.15	−2.50	18th
2011	157.65	−10.10	15th
2010	167.75	+18.00	10th
2009	149.75	+31.41	14th
2008	118.34	+44.62	38th
2007	73.72	+8.04	90th
2006	65.68	+31.54	79th
2005	34.14	+25.42	110th
2004	8.72	+6.46	144th
2003	2.26	+0.99	165th
2002	1.27	+0.35	165th
2001	0.93	+0.17	154th
2000	0.75	+0.16	144th
1999	0.59	+0.19	132nd
1998	0.40	+0.20	126th
1997	0.20	+0.20	123rd
1996	0.00	+0.00	182nd
1995	0.00	+0.00	172nd
1994	0.00	+0.00	160th
1993	0.00	+0.00	154th
1992	0.00	+0.00	144th
1991	0.00	+0.00	136th
1990	0.00	+0.00	132nd
1989	0.00	+0.00	119th
1988	0.00	+0.00	118th
1987	0.00	+0.00	116th
1986	0.00	+0.00	116th
1985	0.00	+0.00	111th
1984	0.00	+0.00	108th
1983	0.00	+0.00	108th
1982	0.00	+0.00	109th
1981	0.00	+0.00	108th
1980	0.00	+0.00	106th
1979	0.00	+0.00	105th
1978	0.00	+0.00	105th
1977	0.00	+0.00	105th
1976	0.00	+0.00	105th
1975	0.00	+0.00	105th
1970	0.00	+0.00	105th
1965	0.00	+0.00	105th
1960	0.00	–	105th

Show all years (1960–2022)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +13.1% GDP growth 32.5% C/A balance 6.6%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 460 of 682 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (67% of cases). Libya matched this pattern in 2017. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Libya's mobile subscriptions peaked at 195.12 in 2021. The 2022 reading of 192.97 is -1.1% below that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 270.32 by 2025.