Libya's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 501.95 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 338.62% from 114.44 billion in 2015 (15.93% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 501.95 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 101.83 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 114.44 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 501.95 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 30.6 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 262.29 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 30.6 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Libya's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 14.7% on 2024 (from 437.55 billion to 501.95 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +28% and a typical year strayed about 56.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 237% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.9% in 1975. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 50.53 billion a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 49th highest value of the 106 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
- Dominican Republic — 45th of 106: 793.12 billion
- Switzerland — 46th of 106: 744.57 billion
- Niger — 47th of 106: 736.2 billion
- Haiti — 49th of 106: 467.39 billion
- Morocco — 50th of 106: 463.02 billion
- Iceland — 51st of 106: 397.7 billion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 501,952,952,074 |
| 2024 | 437,550,882,488 |
| 2023 | 402,939,381,118 |
| 2022 | 385,277,443,955 |
| 2021 | 343,128,426,277 |
| 2020 | 101,825,938,919 |
| 2019 | 117,913,481,245 |
| 2018 | 119,139,334,017 |
| 2017 | 106,653,409,286 |
| 2016 | 106,479,389,931 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 871.66 billion (2020)
- Algeria — 9.11 trillion (2025)
- Bahrain — 1.34 billion (2015)
- Djibouti — 281.4 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2,473.74 trillion (2016)
- Iraq — 167.41 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 883.57 billion (2025)
- Jordan — 15.24 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 28.58 billion (2025)
- Lebanon
More financial sector data for Libya
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 12.35% (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 12.54% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 12.54% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 263.98 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$5.31 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$5.3 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — -3.94% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 57.75 billion (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — -0.44% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 501.95 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1.64 million% from 30.6 million in 1960 (16.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 501.95 billion in 2025 and the lowest 30.6 million in 1960.
- How does Libya rank?
- 49th highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net foreign assets (current LCU) unusual for Libya?
- In 2025, Libya's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 14.7% on 2024 (from 437.55 billion to 501.95 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +28% and a typical year strayed about 56.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, 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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