Libya's gross domestic savings (current US$) was US$17.69 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 636.44% from US$2.4 billion in 2015 (22.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$17.69 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | −US$159.15 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.4 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$57.8 billion | 2008 |
| Lowest | −US$159.15 million | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | US$12.67 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$7.85 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$1.05 billion on 2024 (from US$16.65 billion to US$17.69 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$390.29 million and a typical year strayed about US$13.88 billion 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 US$36.48 billion in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was US$30.51 billion in 2009. 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 14% 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 67th highest value of the 132 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 | US$17.69 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$30.01 trillion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$11.31 trillion | 2024 |
Closest to Libya in the 2025 ranking
- Serbia — 64th of 132: US$19.07 billion
- Azerbaijan — 65th of 132: US$19.06 billion
- Cambodia — 66th of 132: US$18.5 billion
- Uruguay — 68th of 132: US$17.59 billion
- Puerto Rico (US) — 69th of 132: US$17.58 billion
- Ethiopia — 70th of 132: US$16.71 billion
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,694,849,873 |
| 2024 | 16,645,984,217 |
| 2023 | 13,997,639,253 |
| 2022 | 16,539,394,475 |
| 2021 | 11,451,070,734 |
| 2020 | -159,145,425 |
| 2019 | 12,354,971,847 |
| 2018 | 23,450,310,520 |
| 2017 | 13,803,073,568 |
| 2016 | 921,410,072 |
Gross domestic savings (current US$) in nearby economies
- Algeria — US$114.69 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$21.75 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — US$751.09 million (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$4.37 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$119.83 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$87.83 billion (2024)
- Israel — US$161.7 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — US$52.49 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — −US$8.87 billion (2024)
- Malta — US$10.53 billion (2025)
- Morocco
More economic policy & debt data for Libya
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$49.92 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's gross domestic savings (current US$)?
- US$17.69 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 125.3% from US$7.85 billion in 1990 (2.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$57.8 billion in 2008 and the lowest −US$159.15 million in 2020.
- How does Libya rank?
- 67th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (current US$) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's gross domestic savings (current US$) rose US$1.05 billion on 2024 (from US$16.65 billion to US$17.69 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$390.29 million and a typical year strayed about US$13.88 billion 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 NY.GDS.TOTL.CD, 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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