Country · LBY
Libya · Finances and debt
Period
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11
Public finances and external accounts
A fiscal deficit of 30.5 % of GDP
Libya: in 2025, the general government spent 30.5 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 153.8 % of GDP, the current account showed a surplus of 1.1 % (IMF).
- Fiscal balance · 2025
- −30.5 %
- of GDP · −8.2 pt since 2020
- Public debt · 2025
- 153.8 %
- of GDP · −84.2 pt since 2020
- Current account · 2025
- +1.1 %
- of GDP · +11.3 pt since 2020
Fiscal balance, % of GDP
Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections
- Libya
- North Africa
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)
Current account, % of GDP
Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Currency
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.
- Currency
- LYD
- Libyan dinar
- Exchange regime
- —
- no fixed peg
- Inflation · 2025
- 1.8 %
- average annual change in consumer prices
Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Debt
The debt of Libya
The World Bank publishes no external debt figures for Libya.
- Public debt · 2025
- 153.8 %
- of GDP · IMF