Government consumption (% of GDP) in Libya in 2025 — 32.3%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 132. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 7.9 pp.
1990–2025 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.3 | −1.9 pp |
| 2024 | 34.2 | −0.8 pp |
| 2023 | 35 | +2.5 pp |
| 2022 | 32.5 | −2.2 pp |
| 2021 | 34.6 | −13.7 pp |
| 2020 | 48.3 | +4.7 pp |
| 2019 | 43.6 | +8.3 pp |
| 2018 | 35.3 | −4.9 pp |
| 2017 | 40.3 | −8.2 pp |
| 2016 | 48.4 | −2.4 pp |
| 2015 | 50.8 | +8.2 pp |
| 2014 | 42.6 | +11 pp |
| 2013 | 31.7 | +7.3 pp |
| 2012 | 24.4 | −19.3 pp |
| 2011 | 43.7 | +26.2 pp |
| 2010 | 17.5 | −0.8 pp |
| 2009 | 18.2 | +6.1 pp |
| 2008 | 12.1 | −1.3 pp |
| 2007 | 13.4 | +3.3 pp |
| 2006 | 10.1 | −1.2 pp |
| 2005 | 11.3 | −1.9 pp |
| 2004 | 13.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 12.5 | −3.2 pp |
| 2002 | 15.7 | −3.3 pp |
| 2001 | 19 | +0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 18.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 18.6 | −7.6 pp |
| 1998 | 26.2 | +2.6 pp |
| 1997 | 23.6 | −0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 23.8 | +1.5 pp |
| 1995 | 22.3 | −0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 22.6 | −0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 22.8 | −6 pp |
| 1992 | 28.9 | +2.4 pp |
| 1991 | 26.5 | +2.1 pp |
| 1990 | 24.4 | — |
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General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
