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Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 7.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	13.39
1961	2.74
1962	0.57
1963	1.45
1964	3.22
1965	2.20
1966	0.54
1967	0.16
1968	0.07
1969	0.13
1970	0.05
1971	0.18
1972	0.21
1973	1.28
1974	0.28
1975	0.10
1976	0.21
1977	0.07
1978	0.42
1979	0.15
1980	0.38
1981	0.18
1982	0.18
1983	0.18
1984	0.18
1985	0.18
1986	2.68
1987	2.05
1988	2.92
1989	0.54
1990	3.30
1991	3.75
1992	3.86
1993	4.32
1994	5.95
1995	6.67
1996	6.84
1997	6.20
1998	7.38
1999	4.21
2000	2.02
2001	2.24
2002	2.21
2003	2.11
2004	3.41
2005	3.23
2006	2.95
2007	2.99
2008	3.03
2009	3.48
2010	12.88
2011	13.17
2012	11.45
2013	12.69
2014	12.47
2015	10.52
2016	9.49
2017	9.49
2018	5.07
2019	8.06
2020	7.73

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Libya was 7,741,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61,950,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 9,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	9,000,000
1961	16,000,000
1962	137,000,000
1963	374,000,000
1964	700,000,000
1965	790,000,000
1966	995,000,000
1967	1,168,000,000
1968	1,871,000,000
1969	2,164,000,000
1970	2,357,000,000
1971	2,694,000,000
1972	2,938,000,000
1973	4,003,000,000
1974	8,259,000,000
1975	6,834,000,000
1976	9,554,000,000
1977	11,411,000,000
1978	9,895,000,000
1979	16,076,000,000
1980	21,910,000,000
1981	15,571,000,000
1982	13,203,000,000
1983	12,216,000,000
1984	11,148,000,000
1985	12,314,000,000
1986	8,215,000,000
1987	8,043,000,000
1988	6,673,000,000
1989	8,034,000,000
1990	13,225,000,000
1991	11,235,000,000
1992	9,942,000,000
1993	8,590,000,000
1994	8,954,000,000
1995	8,975,000,000
1996	9,903,000,000
1997	9,656,001,000
1998	6,659,000,000
1999	7,947,000,000
2000	12,038,000,000
2001	10,634,000,000
2002	9,851,000,000
2003	12,878,000,000
2004	17,425,000,000
2005	28,849,000,000
2006	37,473,000,000
2007	46,929,000,000
2008	61,950,000,000
2009	37,055,000,000
2010	48,935,000,000
2011	19,060,000,000
2012	61,026,000,000
2013	46,018,000,000
2014	20,826,000,000
2015	11,392,000,000
2016	9,446,000,000
2017	18,865,000,000
2018	29,830,000,000
2019	25,732,000,000
2020	7,741,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 73.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 96.21 in 1971, while its lowest value was 73.11 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	78.57
1961	87.21
1962	89.23
1963	94.07
1964	92.55
1965	94.40
1966	94.33
1967	92.49
1968	95.94
1969	95.38
1970	95.41
1971	96.21
1972	95.75
1973	91.80
1974	89.70
1975	91.20
1976	93.07
1977	93.87
1978	94.83
1979	94.22
1980	91.07
1981	87.64
1982	87.64
1983	87.64
1984	87.64
1985	87.64
1986	84.72
1987	85.34
1988	86.88
1989	89.79
1990	84.47
1991	86.70
1992	84.52
1993	89.63
1994	87.24
1995	87.15
1996	86.58
1997	86.94
1998	83.26
1999	87.42
2000	81.19
2001	78.01
2002	77.63
2003	80.00
2004	79.67
2005	82.58
2006	83.58
2007	85.65
2008	87.30
2009	78.91
2010	87.63
2011	85.30
2012	84.69
2013	89.39
2014	91.03
2015	82.70
2016	86.73
2017	86.72
2018	76.42
2019	75.79
2020	73.11

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 25.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 25.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1962	0.21
1963	0.45
1964	0.74
1965	0.35
1966	0.67
1967	0.63
1968	0.51
1969	0.37
1970	0.64
1971	0.89
1972	1.17
1973	2.29
1974	7.94
1975	7.30
1976	4.81
1977	3.97
1978	3.70
1979	2.89
1980	4.58
1981	8.71
1982	8.71
1983	8.71
1984	8.71
1985	8.71
1986	5.16
1987	5.10
1988	4.54
1989	1.78
1990	6.96
1991	5.07
1992	7.34
1993	6.68
1994	7.99
1995	8.66
1996	8.60
1997	9.60
1998	8.04
1999	7.41
2000	16.80
2001	19.76
2002	20.17
2003	17.90
2004	16.93
2005	14.21
2006	13.49
2007	11.33
2008	9.72
2009	17.85
2010	10.12
2011	12.55
2012	13.98
2013	8.94
2014	7.43
2015	16.47
2016	12.16
2017	12.17
2018	22.21
2019	23.21
2020	25.62

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 9.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 21.57 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1986.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1979	0.00
1981	0.00
1982	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.00
1987	0.04
1988	0.43
1989	0.44
1990	0.11
1991	0.44
1992	0.88
1993	1.86
1994	0.71
1995	1.53
1996	0.91
1997	0.76
1998	0.51
1999	0.56
2000	0.25
2001	0.53
2002	0.02
2003	0.37
2004	2.28
2005	3.47
2006	4.59
2007	6.10
2008	4.98
2009	11.56
2010	8.27
2011	10.57
2012	11.99
2013	6.65
2014	6.01
2015	14.69
2016	10.35
2017	10.35
2018	20.37
2019	21.57
2020	9.72

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 15.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 15.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.02
1965	0.16
1966	0.56
1967	0.51
1968	0.35
1969	0.17
1970	0.31
1971	0.26
1972	0.48
1973	0.62
1974	0.34
1975	1.78
1976	2.79
1977	2.67
1978	2.85
1979	2.40
1980	3.61
1981	6.61
1982	6.61
1983	6.61
1984	6.61
1985	6.61
1986	4.34
1987	4.24
1988	2.68
1989	1.15
1990	5.40
1991	2.95
1992	4.26
1993	1.82
1994	3.92
1995	3.85
1996	4.32
1997	5.16
1998	6.45
1999	5.75
2000	5.15
2001	6.32
2002	6.11
2003	6.35
2004	5.98
2005	4.40
2006	2.21
2007	0.19
2008	0.61
2009	1.22
2010	0.60
2011	0.57
2012	0.51
2013	0.55
2014	1.09
2015	1.54
2016	1.45
2017	1.45
2018	1.14
2019	1.39
2020	15.69

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 13.06 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1966	0.04
1968	0.14
1969	0.18
1970	0.29
1971	0.57
1972	0.61
1973	1.58
1974	6.94
1975	4.39
1976	1.65
1977	1.20
1978	0.74
1979	0.25
1980	0.81
1981	2.04
1982	2.04
1983	2.04
1984	2.04
1985	2.04
1986	0.03
1987	0.09
1988	0.40
1989	0.18
1990	0.06
1991	0.24
1992	0.13
1993	0.09
1994	0.54
1995	0.11
1996	0.23
1997	0.46
1998	0.56
1999	0.67
2000	10.40
2001	11.90
2002	13.06
2003	10.12
2004	7.53
2005	5.03
2006	5.08
2007	3.26
2008	3.08
2009	3.36
2010	0.23
2011	0.01
2012	0.00
2013	0.18
2014	0.01
2015	0.01
2016	0.09
2017	0.09
2018	0.00
2019	0.04
2020	0.01

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 1.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	13.39
1961	1.83
1962	0.28
1963	1.45
1964	3.11
1965	2.20
1966	0.51
1967	0.16
1968	0.07
1969	0.12
1970	0.05
1971	0.18
1972	0.21
1973	1.28
1974	0.28
1975	0.10
1976	0.21
1977	0.07
1978	0.42
1979	0.15
1980	0.38
1981	0.18
1982	0.18
1983	0.18
1984	0.18
1985	0.18
1986	2.68
1987	2.05
1988	1.93
1989	0.54
1990	2.22
1991	2.35
1992	2.15
1993	1.86
1994	3.67
1995	4.13
1996	4.50
1997	3.46
1998	7.26
1999	4.09
2000	2.01
2001	2.22
2002	2.20
2003	2.10
2004	3.40
2005	3.22
2006	2.94
2007	3.02
2008	2.96
2009	3.24
2010	2.25
2011	2.15
2012	1.33
2013	1.67
2014	1.54
2015	0.82
2016	1.11
2017	1.11
2018	1.36
2019	1.00
2020	1.27

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 0.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 1.72 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.02
1975	0.11
1976	0.25
1978	0.02
1979	0.08
1980	0.00
1981	0.04
1982	0.04
1983	0.04
1984	0.04
1985	0.04
1986	0.75
1987	0.70
1989	0.01
1990	0.06
1991	0.07
1992	0.37
1993	0.46
1994	0.30
1995	0.65
1996	0.65
1997	0.48
1998	0.01
1999	0.18
2000	1.00
2001	1.01
2002	0.98
2003	1.06
2004	1.15
2005	1.30
2006	1.58
2007	1.71
2008	1.00
2009	1.72
2010	1.01
2011	1.31
2012	1.43
2013	1.51
2014	0.26
2015	0.12
2016	0.16
2017	0.16
2018	0.40
2019	0.18
2020	0.13

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 0.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 2.74 in 1997, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2002.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1962	0.21
1963	0.45
1964	0.71
1965	0.19
1966	0.07
1967	0.12
1968	0.02
1969	0.02
1970	0.04
1971	0.06
1972	0.09
1973	0.09
1974	0.66
1975	1.01
1976	0.12
1977	0.10
1978	0.09
1979	0.16
1980	0.15
1981	0.01
1982	0.01
1983	0.01
1984	0.01
1985	0.01
1986	0.03
1987	0.03
1988	1.02
1989	0.00
1990	1.34
1991	1.37
1992	1.71
1993	2.45
1994	2.52
1995	2.53
1996	2.49
1997	2.74
1998	0.51
1999	0.25
2000	0.00
2001	0.01
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.03
2007	0.08
2008	0.06
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.10
2012	0.04
2013	0.05
2014	0.07
2015	0.11
2016	0.12
2017	0.12
2018	0.30
2019	0.03
2020	0.06

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.96 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1997.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	8.04
1961	10.96
1962	10.28
1963	4.04
1964	3.61
1965	3.05
1966	4.48
1967	6.72
1968	3.48
1969	4.12
1970	3.91
1971	2.72
1972	2.86
1973	4.63
1974	2.08
1975	1.39
1976	1.91
1977	2.09
1978	1.05
1979	2.74
1980	3.98
1981	3.47
1982	3.47
1983	3.47
1984	3.47
1985	3.47
1986	7.44
1987	7.52
1988	6.65
1989	7.89
1990	6.35
1991	5.88
1992	5.99
1993	1.83
1994	1.10
1995	0.05
1996	0.32
1997	0.00
1998	1.44
1999	1.08
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.01
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.00
2016	0.00
2017	0.00
2018	0.00
2019	0.00
2020	0.00

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Libya was 11,141,840,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 95,175,930,000 in 2012 and 11,200,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	11,200,000
1961	21,900,000
1962	141,100,000
1963	337,000,000
1964	624,000,000
1965	796,500,000
1966	995,000,000
1967	1,177,800,000
1968	1,865,800,000
1969	2,167,200,000
1970	2,365,600,000
1971	2,696,000,000
1972	2,308,200,000
1973	3,996,300,000
1974	8,260,800,000
1975	6,098,900,000
1976	8,305,000,000
1977	9,759,400,000
1978	9,906,700,000
1979	16,084,800,000
1980	21,919,000,000
1981	15,575,400,000
1982	13,947,910,000
1983	11,391,620,000
1984	11,135,740,000
1985	10,928,880,000
1986	6,729,268,000
1987	8,047,016,000
1988	6,817,510,000
1989	8,616,958,000
1990	13,877,950,000
1991	11,211,710,000
1992	9,941,715,000
1993	7,541,657,000
1994	7,864,957,000
1995	8,510,412,000
1996	10,154,820,000
1997	9,576,273,000
1998	6,032,392,000
1999	7,961,393,000
2000	10,245,610,000
2001	8,934,718,000
2002	8,084,217,000
2003	10,707,710,000
2004	14,759,600,000
2005	21,589,910,000
2006	28,652,680,000
2007	32,495,890,000
2008	44,654,370,000
2009	27,253,880,000
2010	76,488,980,000
2011	29,324,410,000
2012	95,175,930,000
2013	67,476,970,000
2014	38,368,600,000
2015	25,972,240,000
2016	20,145,460,000
2017	20,135,700,000
2018	29,988,940,000
2019	32,404,420,000
2020	11,141,840,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Libya was 1.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	13.39
1961	1.83
1962	0.28
1963	1.45
1964	3.11
1965	2.20
1966	0.51
1967	0.16
1968	0.07
1969	0.12
1970	0.05
1971	0.18
1972	0.21
1973	1.28
1974	0.28
1975	0.10
1976	0.21
1977	0.07
1978	0.42
1979	0.15
1980	0.38
1981	0.18
1982	0.18
1983	0.18
1984	0.18
1985	0.18
1986	2.68
1987	2.05
1988	1.93
1989	0.54
1990	2.22
1991	2.35
1992	2.15
1993	1.86
1994	3.67
1995	4.13
1996	4.50
1997	3.46
1998	7.26
1999	4.09
2000	2.01
2001	2.22
2002	2.20
2003	2.10
2004	3.40
2005	3.22
2006	2.94
2007	3.02
2008	2.96
2009	3.24
2010	2.25
2011	2.15
2012	1.33
2013	1.67
2014	1.54
2015	0.82
2016	1.11
2017	1.11
2018	1.36
2019	1.00
2020	1.27

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports