Foreign direct investment in Libya
Libya: Foreign direct investment was 0.3% in 2009. ◆ Volatile
Foreign direct investment in Libya, 2005–2009
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign direct investment in Libya is 0.3%, measured in 2009.
That represents a change of up 117.3% on the previous year and down 84.0% over five years.
That places Libya 37th out of 41 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Foreign direct investment in Libya, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.1% | — |
| 2006 | 2.8% | +36.1% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -62.6% |
| 2008 | -1.9% | -281.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -117.3% |
Countries ranked near Libya
More trade data for Libya
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 66.39 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 86.13 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 85.76 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 63.22 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.57 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 82.34 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.7224 (2019)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 71.96 units per person (2019)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0072 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 500.17 million (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment in Libya?
- Foreign direct investment in Libya was 0.3% in 2009, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest foreign direct investment recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2006.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.9% in 2008.
- How does Libya rank for foreign direct investment?
- Libya ranks 37th out of 41 countries with data for 2009.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Foreign direct investment (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Foreign direct investment is net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.