Libya's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) was 1.85% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.15 percentage points from 7% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.85% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 19.9% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 7% | 2013 |
| Highest | 32.13% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 1.5% | 2002 |
| Average since 2014 | 17.53% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 2.33% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Libya's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 29.74 percentage points on 2022 (from 31.59% to 1.85%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.45 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.74 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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 2023, Libya had the 7th highest value of the 12 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 | 1.85% | 2023 |
| World | 15.71% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 12.74% | 2025 |
Closest to Libya in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.85 |
| 2022 | 31.59 |
| 2021 | 32.13 |
| 2020 | 16.98 |
| 2019 | 12.42 |
| 2018 | 19.9 |
| 2017 | 19.91 |
| 2016 | 19.88 |
| 2015 | 3.52 |
| 2014 | 17.17 |
| 2013 |
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 7.83% (2020)
- Algeria — 1.99% (2025)
- Bahrain — 7.61% (2025)
- Djibouti — 6.86% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 6.05% (2025)
- Iraq — 0.92% (2025)
- Israel — 64.63% (2025)
- Jordan — 0.51% (2024)
- Kuwait — 49.27% (2025)
- Lebanon — 1.78% (2023)
More infrastructure data for Libya
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 11,246 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 60.05 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 1.09 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.22 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 16.86 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.94 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 192.97 (2022)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 6.34% (2021)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 443.08 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 1.85% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 0.47 percentage points from 2.33% in 2000. The highest value was 32.13% in 2021 and the lowest 1.5% in 2002.
- How does Libya rank?
- 7th highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Libya?
- In 2023, Libya's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 29.74 percentage points on 2022 (from 31.59% to 1.85%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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