Libya's gross capital formation (% of GDP) was 14.27% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.11 percentage points from 17.38% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.27% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9.45% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.38% | 2015 |
| Highest | 26.22% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 8.44% | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.4% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 18.62% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's gross capital formation (% of GDP) rose 0 percentage points on 2024 (from 14.27% to 14.27%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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 11.53 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.36 percentage points in 2011. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% 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 2025, Libya had the 119th highest value of the 130 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Libya | 14.27% | 2025 |
| World | 26.29% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 33.72% | 2024 |
Closest to Libya in the 2025 ranking
- Luxembourg — 115th of 130: 15.5%
- Tunisia — 116th of 130: 15.23%
- Pakistan — 117th of 130: 14.28%
- Puerto Rico (US) — 119th of 130: 14.23%
- South Africa — 120th of 130: 13.87%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 121st of 130: 12.89%
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on capital formation may be estimated from direct surveys of enterprises and administrative records or based on the commodity flow method using data from production, trade, and construction activities.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Gross capital formation (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.27 |
| 2024 | 14.27 |
| 2023 | 16.88 |
| 2022 | 10.52 |
| 2021 | 12.16 |
| 2020 | 9.45 |
| 2019 | 13.76 |
| 2018 | 15.13 |
| 2017 | 13.71 |
| 2016 | 13.8 |
| 2015 |
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) 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 gross capital formation (% of GDP)?
- 14.27% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 4.34 percentage points from 18.62% in 1990. The highest value was 26.22% in 2014 and the lowest 8.44% in 2011.
- How does Libya rank?
- 119th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross capital formation (% of GDP) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's gross capital formation (% of GDP) rose 0 percentage points on 2024 (from 14.27% to 14.27%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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.GDI.TOTL.ZS, 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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