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Libya: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2024 · 48 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−4.44%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−8.7 pointsfrom 4.24%
Average, 2015–2024
−3.45%10 years
Record high and low
41.9% (2007)low −57.8% (2014)

Current account (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.04Forecast
20300.924Forecast
20291.03Forecast
20280.91Forecast
20271.65Forecast
20264.16Forecast
2025-3.77Forecast
2024-4.44
20234.24
202222.2
20210.527
2020-22.0
20196.96
201815.7
20176.62
2016-9.74
2015-54.5

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1977–1989
  • World Development Indicators1977–2023
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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