Libya: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Libya: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 59 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −4.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +20.6 pointsfrom −24.8%
Average, 2016–2025: −3.95%10 years
Record high and low: 36.5% (2006)low −30.5% (2014)

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Year	Value
2025	-4.20
2024	-24.8
2023	8.10
2022	20.5
2021	2.30
2020	-22.3
2019	11.9
2018	9.40
2017	-11.1
2016	-29.3

Sources

Mitchell1963–1975
African Development Bank1980–2025

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Libya documentation (PDF)

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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