Summary
- Libya → Netherlands
- $980million
- Netherlands → Libya
- $464million
- Libya’s balance
- $516million
Balance
Libya’s trade balance with the Netherlands
Trade between Libya and the Netherlands grew 8.1-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Libya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 0.5
- Balance +0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $24 million | $153 million | -$128 million |
| 1996 | $13 million | $152 million | -$138 million |
| 1997 | $20 million | $121 million | -$101 million |
| 1998 | $20 million | $110 million | -$90 million |
| 1999 | $34 million | $107 million | -$73 million |
| 2000 | $65 million | $118 million | -$53 million |
| 2001 | $51 million | $132 million | -$81 million |
| 2002 | $78 million | $157 million | -$79 million |
| 2003 | $79 million | $143 million | -$63 million |
| 2004 | $80 million | $136 million | -$56 million |
| 2005 | $402 million | $166 million | $236 million |
| 2006 | $846 million | $168 million | $678 million |
| 2007 | $807 million | $175 million | $632 million |
| 2008 | $1.2 billion | $192 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2009 | $1.1 billion | $234 million | $882 million |
| 2010 | $1.3 billion | $270 million | $986 million |
| 2011 | $519 million | $297 million | $222 million |
| 2012 | $1.7 billion | $513 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2013 | $2.1 billion | $616 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2014 | $1.5 billion | $324 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2015 | $51 million | $216 million | -$165 million |
| 2016 | $627 million | $170 million | $457 million |
| 2017 | $619 million | $218 million | $401 million |
| 2018 | $713 million | $387 million | $326 million |
| 2019 | $658 million | $565 million | $94 million |
| 2020 | $85 million | $566 million | -$481 million |
| 2021 | $1.7 billion | $534 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2022 | $1.8 billion | $360 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2023 | $1.3 billion | $356 million | $914 million |
| 2024 | $980 million | $464 million | $516 million |
What they sell each other
What Libya sells to the Netherlands
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the Netherlands sells to Libya
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Tripoli and Rotterdam is 2,559 nautical miles (4,739 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.
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
The Netherlands was Libya’s 11th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Libya was the Netherlands’ 73rd (0.1%).
- The Netherlands in Libya’s trade
- 2.8%
- The Netherlands’ rank among Libya’s partners
- 11th
- Libya in the Netherlands’ trade
- 0.1%
- Libya’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
- 73rd
Compare with
Other partners of Libya
Other partners of the Netherlands
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.
Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.