Libya's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) was 22.16 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 8.13% from 24.13 billion in 2015 (0.84% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 22.16 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 20.06 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.13 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 44.51 billion | 2013 |
| Lowest | 11.19 billion | 2003 |
| Average since 2016 | 23.51 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 11.19 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 8.2% on 2024 (from 20.49 billion to 22.16 billion).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 41.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 143.4% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 55.1% 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 less than 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 128 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
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 115th of 128: 24.4 billion
- Lesotho — 116th of 128: 23.77 billion
- Latvia — 117th of 128: 22.33 billion
- Malta — 119th of 128: 21.33 billion
- El Salvador — 120th of 128: 15.95 billion
- Brunei Darussalam — 121st of 128: 9.69 billion
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 23 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,164,962,500 |
| 2024 | 20,491,300,000 |
| 2023 | 21,129,414,200 |
| 2022 | 25,317,531,600 |
| 2021 | 29,412,331,400 |
| 2020 | 20,064,881,900 |
| 2019 | 33,553,248,900 |
| 2018 | 24,620,437,500 |
| 2017 | 19,117,893,800 |
| 2016 | 19,258,549,800 |
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 2.72 trillion (2025)
- Bahrain — 11.11 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — 847.39 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.35 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 14,363.1 trillion (2025)
- Iraq — 88.7 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 450.98 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 14.07 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — 19.66 trillion (2024)
- Malta — 21.33 billion (2025)
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 imports of goods and services (constant LCU)?
- 22.16 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is up 98.01% from 11.19 billion in 2003 (3.15% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 44.51 billion in 2013 and the lowest 11.19 billion in 2003.
- How does Libya rank?
- 119th highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (constant LCU) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 8.2% on 2024 (from 20.49 billion to 22.16 billion). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 41.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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.IMP.GNFS.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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