Libya's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) was -26.63% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 51.75 percentage points from 25.12% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -26.63% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | -9.07% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 25.12% | 2010 |
| Highest | 37.46% | 2006 |
| Lowest | -26.63% | 2020 |
| Average since 2011 | 0.54% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | -0.27% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Libya's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 30.14 percentage points on 2019 (from 3.51% to -26.63%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.17 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.14 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Libya had the 18th highest value of the 19 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Libya in the 2020 ranking
- Zimbabwe — 15th of 19: 3.14%
- Guinea-Bissau — 16th of 19: -1.88%
- Sierra Leone — 17th of 19: -7.23%
- Congo, Rep. — 19th of 19: -32.37%
What this measures
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 19 values
| Year | Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | -26.63 |
| 2019 | 3.51 |
| 2018 | 13.06 |
| 2017 | 6.13 |
| 2016 | -12.09 |
| 2015 | -9.07 |
| 2014 | -3.05 |
| 2013 | 7.37 |
| 2012 | 19.17 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2010 |
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Libya
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$104.66 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$84.06 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$48.1 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 255.17 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$64.4 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 96.66 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$6,449 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 34,212 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$8,634 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 12,960 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$49.92 billion (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Libya's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?
- -26.63% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 26.35 percentage points from -0.27% in 2002. The highest value was 37.46% in 2006 and the lowest -26.63% in 2020.
- How does Libya rank?
- 18th highest of 19 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) unusual for Libya?
- In 2020, Libya's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) fell 30.14 percentage points on 2019 (from 3.51% to -26.63%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNX.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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