Libya's exports of goods and services (current LCU) was 182.99 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1,123% from 14.96 billion in 2015 (28.46% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 182.99 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 13.25 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.96 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 191.46 billion | 2022 |
| Lowest | 2.47 billion | 1998 |
| Average since 2016 | 100.16 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 3.25 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's exports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 8.9% on 2024 (from 168.06 billion to 182.99 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +54.8% and a typical year strayed about 191.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,004.6% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 67.7% 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 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 23.26 billion a year. A straight line explains 79% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Libya had the 96th highest value of the 137 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 2025 ranking
- Austria — 92nd of 137: 280.52 billion
- Guinea-Bissau — 93rd of 137: 203.98 billion
- Mauritania — 94th of 137: 185.21 billion
- Luxembourg — 96th of 137: 170.56 billion
- Belarus — 97th of 137: 157.89 billion
- Guatemala — 98th of 137: 147.35 billion
What this measures
Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 36 values
| Year | Exports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 182,990,656,900 |
| 2024 | 168,061,792,000 |
| 2023 | 181,388,525,800 |
| 2022 | 191,460,131,900 |
| 2021 | 146,356,700,000 |
| 2020 | 13,249,700,000 |
| 2019 | 41,015,200,000 |
| 2018 | 41,465,000,000 |
| 2017 | 25,458,100,000 |
| 2016 | 10,116,500,000 |
Exports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 198.16 billion (2024)
- Algeria — 6.36 trillion (2025)
- Bahrain — 15.53 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — 908.12 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.59 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 69,364 trillion (2025)
- Iraq — 144.55 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 581.02 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 27.51 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — 541.98 trillion (2024)
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's exports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 182.99 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 5,535% from 3.25 billion in 1990 (12.21% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 191.46 billion in 2022 and the lowest 2.47 billion in 1998.
- How does Libya rank?
- 96th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in exports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's exports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 8.9% on 2024 (from 168.06 billion to 182.99 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +54.8% and a typical year strayed about 191.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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