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GDP growth in Libya

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Libya's gdp growth is 13.37 % — #2 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

13.37%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Libya over time

86.83 %18.24 %-50.34 %86.83 % · 2012-50.34 % · 20112000: 3.68 %2001: -1.76 %2002: -0.96 %2003: 13.02 %2004: 4.46 %2005: 11.87 %2006: 6.50 %2007: 6.23 %2008: -0.16 %2009: -4.40 %2010: 5.03 %2011: -50.34 %2012: 86.83 %2013: -18.00 %2014: -23.04 %2015: -0.84 %2016: -1.49 %2017: 32.49 %2018: 7.94 %2019: -11.20 %2020: -29.46 %2021: 28.30 %2022: -8.30 %2023: 10.20 %2024: 1.90 %2025: 13.37 %20002012202513.37 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#2 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
98 %
125 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 11.47 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
73.46 pp
peak 86.83 % in 2012
Full series
▲ 9.69 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #1 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +10.47 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Libya: ahead of 98 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthLibya 13.37 % →-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Libya is ahead of 98 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Libya
1 Guyana19.34 %+5.96 pp
2 Libya13.37 %—
3 Ireland12.34 %−1.03 pp
4 Kyrgyzstan11.10 %−2.28 pp
5 Ethiopia9.77 %−3.60 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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