Real GDP growth in Libya

Real GDP in Libya changed by 13.4% in 2025.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2025 13.4% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +11.5percentage points 2024: 1.9%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 2nd of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Libya over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period LibyaWorld
2025 13.4% 2.9%
2024 1.9% 2.9%
2023 10.2% 2.9%
2022 -8.3% 3.4%
2021 28.3% 6.5%
2020 -29.5% -2.9%
2019 -11.2% 2.7%
2018 7.9% 3.3%
2017 32.5% 3.4%
2016 -1.5% 2.8%
2015 -0.8% 3.1%
2014 -23.0% 3.2%
2013 -18.0% 2.9%
2012 86.8% 2.7%
2011 -50.3% 3.3%
2010 5.0% 4.5%
2009 -4.4% -1.3%
2008 -0.2% 2.1%
2007 6.2% 4.4%
2006 6.5% 4.5%
2005 11.9% 4.1%
2004 4.5% 4.5%
2003 13.0% 3.1%
2002 -1.0% 2.3%
2001 -1.8% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +11.5 percentage points from 1.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.8%, the figure has changed by +14.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Libya has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices