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Libya — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Libya, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13.37%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +35.1% since 1961
GDP growth for Libya was 13.37% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 86.83% in 2012. The lowest was -50.34% in 2011 (about -3.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.47% per year.
Libya ranks 3 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Libya sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1687%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13.37%
First (1961)
9.90%
Change
+35.1%
Highest
86.83%
in 2012
Lowest
-50.34%
in 2011
Average
5.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.47%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.37% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 10.2% |
| 2022 | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 28.3% |
| 2020 | -29.46% |
| 2019 | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 7.94% |
| 2017 | 32.49% |
| 2016 | -1.49% |
| 2015 | -0.84% |
| 2014 | -23.04% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.