Summary
- Libya → Turkey
- $556million
- Turkey → Libya
- $2.8billion
- Libya’s balance
- -$2.2billion
Balance
Libya’s trade balance with Turkey
Trade between Libya and Turkey grew 5.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Libya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 2.8
- Balance -2.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $385 million | $238 million | $147 million |
| 1996 | $476 million | $243 million | $233 million |
| 1997 | $533 million | $187 million | $346 million |
| 1998 | $343 million | $95 million | $248 million |
| 1999 | $502 million | $140 million | $362 million |
| 2000 | $786 million | $96 million | $691 million |
| 2001 | $848 million | $67 million | $780 million |
| 2002 | $42 million | $165 million | -$123 million |
| 2003 | $68 million | $255 million | -$186 million |
| 2004 | $83 million | $337 million | -$254 million |
| 2005 | $195 million | $384 million | -$189 million |
| 2006 | $241 million | $489 million | -$248 million |
| 2007 | $276 million | $471 million | -$196 million |
| 2008 | $497 million | $651 million | -$154 million |
| 2009 | $449 million | $1.3 billion | -$890 million |
| 2010 | $321 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2011 | $140 million | $746 million | -$606 million |
| 2012 | $415 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2013 | $306 million | $3.1 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2014 | $259 million | $2.2 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2015 | $230 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2016 | $307 million | $931 million | -$624 million |
| 2017 | $283 million | $879 million | -$596 million |
| 2018 | $372 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2019 | $526 million | $2 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2020 | $1.7 billion | $1.7 billion | $23 million |
| 2021 | $822 million | $2.8 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2022 | $767 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2023 | $538 million | $3.3 billion | -$2.7 billion |
| 2024 | $556 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Libya sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkey 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 Istanbul is 1,013 nautical miles (1,877 km) long: ≈ 2.5–3 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Dardanelles.
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
Turkey was Libya’s 5th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Libya was Turkey’s 39th (0.6%).
- Turkey in Libya’s trade
- 6.5%
- Turkey’s rank among Libya’s partners
- 5th
- Libya in Turkey’s trade
- 0.6%
- Libya’s rank among Turkey’s partners
- 39th
Compare with
Other partners of Libya
Other partners of Turkey
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.