Libya — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Libya, 1965–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.84%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -83.9% since 1965
Inflation for Libya was 1.84% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1965 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 29.38% in 1978. The lowest was -9.80% in 2002 (about -5.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.00% per year.
Libya ranks 133 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.08%, so Libya sits below it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 82%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.84%
First (1965)
11.42%
Change
-83.9%
Highest
29.38%
in 1978
Lowest
-9.80%
in 2002
Average
5.78%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.00%
Years of data
61
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.84% |
| 2024 | 2.13% |
| 2023 | 2.37% |
| 2022 | 4.51% |
| 2021 | 2.87% |
| 2020 | 1.45% |
| 2019 | -2.16% |
| 2018 | 13.17% |
| 2017 | 25.8% |
| 2016 | 25.85% |
| 2015 | 10.4% |
| 2014 | 2.43% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.