# Trade as a share of GDP in Libya

Trade as a share of GDP in Libya was 137.7% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `ly`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/libya
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=ly

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 137.7 |
| 2024 | 137.5 |
| 2023 | 161.1 |
| 2022 | 156.3 |
| 2021 | 164.3 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2019 | 79 |
| 2018 | 63.8 |
| 2017 | 47.5 |
| 2016 | 41.1 |
| 2015 | 56.9 |
| 2014 | 76.5 |
| 2013 | 106.3 |
| 2012 | 98.2 |
| 2011 | 63 |
| 2010 | 98.1 |
| 2009 | 107.6 |
| 2008 | 103.2 |
| 2007 | 102.7 |
| 2006 | 97.7 |
| 2005 | 90.9 |
| 2004 | 96.1 |
| 2003 | 90.6 |
| 2002 | 78.9 |
| 2001 | 43.2 |
| 2000 | 45.3 |
| 1999 | 34.8 |
| 1998 | 40.3 |
| 1997 | 48.6 |
| 1996 | 52.5 |
| 1995 | 51.6 |
| 1994 | 53.2 |
| 1993 | 59.8 |
| 1992 | 56.1 |
| 1991 | 64.6 |
| 1990 | 70.8 |