Summary
- Germany → Libya
- $641million
- Libya → Germany
- $4.6billion
- Germany’s balance
- -$4billion
Balance
Germany’s trade balance with Libya
Trade between Germany and Libya grew 2.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 4.6
- Balance -4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $486 million | $1.5 billion | -$1 billion |
| 1996 | $509 million | $2 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 1997 | $468 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 1998 | $453 million | $1.3 billion | -$894 million |
| 1999 | $417 million | $2 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2000 | $293 million | $2.7 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2001 | $450 million | $1.9 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2002 | $445 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2003 | $548 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2004 | $630 million | $3.5 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2005 | $643 million | $4.9 billion | -$4.3 billion |
| 2006 | $626 million | $6.2 billion | -$5.6 billion |
| 2007 | $518 million | $3.8 billion | -$3.3 billion |
| 2008 | $791 million | $3.9 billion | -$3.1 billion |
| 2009 | $949 million | $1.9 billion | -$936 million |
| 2010 | $1.5 billion | $1.1 billion | $438 million |
| 2011 | $415 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2012 | $864 million | $7.1 billion | -$6.3 billion |
| 2013 | $1.2 billion | $6.2 billion | -$5 billion |
| 2014 | $700 million | $2.3 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2015 | $363 million | $1.3 billion | -$967 million |
| 2016 | $325 million | $214 million | $111 million |
| 2017 | $337 million | $321 million | $16 million |
| 2018 | $406 million | $413 million | -$7 million |
| 2019 | $480 million | $414 million | $66 million |
| 2020 | $407 million | $857 million | -$449 million |
| 2021 | $682 million | $3.7 billion | -$3 billion |
| 2022 | $571 million | $3.8 billion | -$3.2 billion |
| 2023 | $631 million | $5.4 billion | -$4.7 billion |
| 2024 | $641 million | $4.6 billion | -$4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Germany sells to Libya
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Libya sells to Germany
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Tripoli is 2,825 nautical miles (5,233 km) long: ≈ 6.5–8.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Strait of Gibraltar.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Libya was Germany’s 55th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was Libya’s 2nd (10%).
- Libya in Germany’s trade
- 0.2%
- Libya’s rank among Germany’s partners
- 55th
- Germany in Libya’s trade
- 10.2%
- Germany’s rank among Libya’s partners
- 2nd
Compare with
Other partners of Germany
Other partners of Libya
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.