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Libya · Finances and debt

North Africa Libyan dinar (LYD)

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · updated on

Public finances and external accounts

A fiscal deficit of 30.5 % of GDP

Libya: in 2025, the general government spent 30.5 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 153.8 % of GDP, the current account showed a surplus of 1.1 % (IMF).

Fiscal balance · 2025
−30.5 %
of GDP · −8.2 pt since 2020
Public debt · 2025
153.8 %
of GDP · −84.2 pt since 2020
Current account · 2025
+1.1 %
of GDP · +11.3 pt since 2020

Fiscal balance, % of GDP

Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections

−40 % −20 % 0 % 20 % 40 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 North Africa −5.7 Libya −27.2 −40 % −20 % 0 % 20 % 40 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
Chart data as a table
Libya: in 2025, the general government spent 30.5 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 153.8 % of GDP, the current account showed a surplus of 1.1 % (IMF).
Year LibyaNorth Africa
2015 −28.4 % −11.2 %
2016 −29.3 % −11.4 %
2017 −11.1 % −7.8 %
2018 +9.4 % −4.9 %
2019 +11.9 % −5.1 %
2020 −22.3 % −9.0 %
2021 +18.4 % −5.5 %
2022 +23.5 % −3.7 %
2023 −6.7 % −5.6 %
2024 −25.9 % −9.4 %
2025 · estimate −30.5 % −8.1 %
2026 · projection −22.5 % −9.6 %
2027 · projection −23.6 % −8.8 %
2028 · projection −26.9 % −8.3 %
2029 · projection −27.1 % −6.5 %
2030 · projection −27.2 % −5.7 %
  • Libya
  • North Africa

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)

Current account, % of GDP

Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world

−20 % 0 % 20 % 40 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Libya −1.5 −20 % 0 % 20 % 40 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
Chart data as a table
Current account balance of Libya, % of GDP
Year Libya
2015 −18.9 %
2016 −9.4 %
2017 +6.6 %
2018 +14.7 %
2019 +6.7 %
2020 −10.2 %
2021 +11.4 %
2022 +22.2 %
2023 +4.2 %
2024 +0.4 %
2025 · estimate +1.1 %
2026 · projection +0.9 %
2027 · projection +0.4 %
2028 · projection −0.7 %
2029 · projection −1.1 %
2030 · projection −1.5 %

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Currency

Libyan dinar

The Libyan dinar has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.

Currency
LYD
Libyan dinar
Exchange regime
—
no fixed peg
Inflation · 2025
1.8 %
average annual change in consumer prices

Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Debt

The debt of Libya

The World Bank publishes no external debt figures for Libya.

Debt of the 54 countries →
Public debt · 2025
153.8 %
of GDP · IMF