Services, value added in Libya
Libya: Services, value added was 26.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Libya, 2006–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Libya is 26.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Libya peaked at 88.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 21.5%, in 2006.
Libya ranks 203rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.6% | 21.5% | 33.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 57.2% | 32.2% | 77.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.7% | 24.0% | 88.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More economy & growth data for Libya
- Industry (including construction), value added 73.2% (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 50.86 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 12.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 77.5% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 34.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 182.99 billion current LCU (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 22.63 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 19.1% (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 8.6% (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 7.95 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Libya?
- Services, value added in Libya was 26.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 88.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5% in 2006.
- How does Libya rank for services, value added?
- Libya ranks 203rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.