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Libya: Current account balance (% of GDP)

4.24percent · 2023+33141.3% since 2013

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. 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. Annual figures for Libya from 1977 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20234.235
202222.216
202116.115
2020-10.202
20196.956
201814.704
20176.591
2016-9.427
2015-19.184
2014-33.175
20130.013
201225.758
20116.627
201022.288
200915.426
200841.173
200741.907
200636.892
200531.573
200413.936
200312.952
20023.388
20019.768
200016.383
19995.937
1998-0.768
19975.103
19964.438
19956.547
19940.092
1993-4.455
19924.153
1991-0.685
19907.615
1989-4.08
1988-7.513
1987-3.88
1986-0.643
19856.046
1984-4.941
1983-4.95
1982-4.619
1981-10.896
198020.056
197912.349
19783.334
19779.627

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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