Libya Trade Openness

Indicator note: Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

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Libya recorded 137,66 percent of GDP in 2025, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2024, the trade openness increased by 0,15.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.

Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 103,93; the minimum was 41,11 in 2016 and the maximum was 164,28 in 2021.

Libya ranks 32 out of 194 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is above the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

It is also above the available average for the Upper middle income group.

Integration into international trade.