Libya's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) was 14.27% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.82 percentage points from 17.09% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.27% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9.45% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.09% | 2015 |
| Highest | 25.04% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 8.95% | 2003 |
| Average since 2016 | 14.3% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13.87% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's gross fixed 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 3.43 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 6.44 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.11 percentage points in 2015. 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 15% 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 116th highest value of the 126 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 | 25.62% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 32.65% | 2024 |
Closest to Libya in the 2025 ranking
- Uruguay — 112th of 126: 15.84%
- Luxembourg — 113th of 126: 14.97%
- Central African Republic — 114th of 126: 14.78%
- Puerto Rico (US) — 116th of 126: 13.89%
- South Africa — 117th of 126: 13.88%
- Pakistan — 118th of 126: 12.57%
What this measures
Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Gross fixed 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 | 16.07 |
| 2017 | 16.18 |
| 2016 | 19.43 |
| 2015 |
Gross fixed 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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)?
- 14.27% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 0.4 percentage points from 13.87% in 1990. The highest value was 25.04% in 2009 and the lowest 8.95% in 2003.
- How does Libya rank?
- 116th highest of 126 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's gross fixed 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 3.43 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.FTOT.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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