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Libya: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
−31.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−5.1 pointsfrom −25.9%
Average, 2016–2025
−9.74%10 years
Record high and low
30.4% (2005)low −78.1% (2015)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%19902000201020202030LibyaLibya
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-20.4Forecast
2030-21.4Forecast
2029-22.7Forecast
2028-23.9Forecast
2027-23.8Forecast
2026-20.9Forecast
2025-31.1
2024-25.9
2023-7.16
202223.6
202110.3
2020-48.1
201911.9
20189.42
2017-11.1
2016-29.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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