Libya's transport services (% of commercial service exports) was 1.76% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 71.28 percentage points from 73.04% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.76% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 38.59% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 73.04% | 2013 |
| Highest | 84.07% | 1987 |
| Lowest | 1.76% | 2023 |
| Average since 2014 | 27.97% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 71.03% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 33.49 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 34.83 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 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% of the movement over 8 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 12th 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 | 1.76% | 2023 |
| World | 18.06% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 17.4% | 2025 |
Closest to Libya in the 2023 ranking
- South Sudan — 8th of 12: 4.9%
- Aruba — 9th of 12: 3.69%
- Lebanon — 10th of 12: 3.56%
- Guyana — 12th of 12: 0.66%
What this measures
Transport is the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.
Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 45 values
| Year | Transport services (% of commercial service exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.76 |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 32.17 |
| 2019 | 25.53 |
| 2018 | 38.59 |
| 2017 | 38.6 |
| 2016 | 38.6 |
| 2015 | 6.83 |
| 2014 | 41.67 |
| 2013 |
Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 14.49% (2020)
- Algeria — 27.65% (2025)
- Bahrain — 16.02% (2025)
- Djibouti — 84.28% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 28.53% (2025)
- Iraq — 3.49% (2025)
- Israel — 7.78% (2025)
- Jordan — 17.34% (2024)
- Kuwait — 14.92% (2025)
- Lebanon
More private sector & trade data for Libya
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 102.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$19.31 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$30.09 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.21% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 51.53% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 48.43% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 18.69% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
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Questions people ask
- What is Libya's transport services (% of commercial service exports)?
- 1.76% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is down 69.27 percentage points from 71.03% in 1977. The highest value was 84.07% in 1987 and the lowest 1.76% in 2023.
- How does Libya rank?
- 12th highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.TRAN.ZS.WT, 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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