Current account balance in Libya

The current account balance of Libya was 4.2% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2023 4.2% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −18.0percentage points 2022: 22.2%

Current account balance in Libya over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period Libya
2023 4.2%
2022 22.2%
2021 16.1%
2020 -10.2%
2019 7.0%
2018 14.7%
2017 6.6%
2016 -9.4%
2015 -19.2%
2014 -33.2%
2013 0.0%
2012 25.8%
2011 6.6%
2010 22.3%
2009 15.4%
2008 41.2%
2007 41.9%
2006 36.9%
2005 31.6%
2004 13.9%
2003 13.0%
2002 3.4%
2001 9.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −18.0 percentage points from 22.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 0.0%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1977 to 2023 for Libya
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics