Libya economy: GDP, investment, trade and remittances
How large the Libya economy is and how fast it is growing, who invests in it, what it sells and buys, how much its citizens abroad send home, who it owes and what it holds in reserve. The latest published year is shown with each figure.
Libya economy snapshot: GDP, growth and income per person
Libya's GDP was US$48.1 billion in 2025, after real growth of 13.4%.
GDP
Current US dollars.
Real GDP growth
Annual change, per cent. Red bars are contractions.
GDP per person
Current US dollars.
Source: World Bank, 2025. Method
Who invests in Libya and in what
Direct investment by investing country
Netherlands was the largest investing country in Libya, at 92% of inward direct investment positions in 2024.
Inward direct investment positions in Libya at the end of 2024: the stock of foreign direct investment, not a year's new flow. The 10 largest investing countries.
The IMF data holds no positions reported by Libya itself. The figures are derived by the IMF from what the investing countries report, so they are shown as reported by investing countries.
Source: IMF, 2024. Method
What Libya sells and buys
Libya has not reported recent trade data to UN Comtrade. These figures are what 93 trading partners report about trade with Libya, shown as reported by trading partners. Partners' imports from Libya stand in for its exports and partners' exports to Libya for its imports. They are not Libya's own figures.
Mineral fuels and oils was 96% of exports in 2024.
Libya sold the most to Italy, 25% of exports in 2024.
Exports by product, 2024
Tile area follows value. Each tile is a customs chapter of the Harmonized System; hover for the full name.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2024. Method
Top buyers, 2024
Share of Libya's exports.
Top suppliers, 2025
Share of Libya's imports.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2024. Method
What Libya buys, 2025
The 8 largest product chapters in imports.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method
Trade balance of goods
Exports minus imports. Red bars are years when imports were larger. A year is left out when either side is not published.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2024. Method
Remittances against foreign direct investment in Libya
No remittances figures for Libya are not published by the World Bank, so none are shown.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Remittances and investment as a share of GDP
The same two flows measured against the size of the economy.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Who Libya owes
External debt stock by type of creditor. Creditor types cover public and publicly guaranteed debt; the grey part is the rest of the total external debt stock. A creditor type with no published figure is not shown.
No external debt by creditor figures for Libya are not published by the World Bank, so none are shown.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Reserves and months of import cover
Total reserves including gold, and how many months of imports they cover.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Aid received by Libya
Net official development assistance and official aid received.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
More on Libya
World Bank data pages for Libya: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per person, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, months of imports, external debt, debt by creditor, aid. UN Comtrade: trade data. IMF: direct investment positions.