Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Libya

Imports (% of GDP) in Libya in 2025 — 65.95%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 138. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 34.82 pp.

2025 65.95% +0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 29of 138
Period maximum 75.47%2023
Period minimum 13.72%2000

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Libya, 1990–202502040608019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 31.12%1991: 30.76%1992: 25.47%1993: 31.55%1994: 26.12%1995: 22.42%1996: 23.89%1997: 21.85%1998: 20.88%1999: 14.58%2000: 13.72%2001: 16.63%2002: 34.09%2003: 33.3%2004: 32.37%2005: 27.14%2006: 25.9%2007: 29.3%2008: 29.13%2009: 44.38%2010: 31.81%2011: 24.86%2012: 31.36%2013: 46.45%2014: 44.29%2015: 34.68%2016: 26.53%2017: 20.35%2018: 24.17%2019: 36.64%2020: 30.61%2021: 72.23%2022: 64.34%2023: 75.47%2024: 65.78%2025: 65.95%
Change over the period: +34.82 pp Annual average: 0.99 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya

Libya 65.95%
World 28.5%
Northern Africa computed 33.58%
Imports (% of GDP) — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.95 +0.16 pp
2024 65.78 −9.69 pp
2023 75.47 +11.13 pp
2022 64.34 −7.89 pp
2021 72.23 +41.62 pp
2020 30.61 −6.03 pp
2019 36.64 +12.47 pp
2018 24.17 +3.82 pp
2017 20.35 −6.18 pp
2016 26.53 −8.15 pp
2015 34.68 −9.61 pp
2014 44.29 −2.16 pp
2013 46.45 +15.09 pp
2012 31.36 +6.5 pp
2011 24.86 −6.95 pp
2010 31.81 −12.58 pp
2009 44.38 +15.26 pp
2008 29.13 −0.17 pp
2007 29.3 +3.4 pp
2006 25.9 −1.25 pp
2005 27.14 −5.23 pp
2004 32.37 −0.92 pp
2003 33.3 −0.8 pp
2002 34.09 +17.46 pp
2001 16.63 +2.91 pp
2000 13.72 −0.86 pp
1999 14.58 −6.3 pp
1998 20.88 −0.96 pp
1997 21.85 −2.05 pp
1996 23.89 +1.48 pp
1995 22.42 −3.7 pp
1994 26.12 −5.43 pp
1993 31.55 +6.08 pp
1992 25.47 −5.3 pp
1991 30.76 −0.36 pp
1990 31.12

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.