Summary
- Libya → United Kingdom
- $2.8billion
- United Kingdom → Libya
- $192million
- Libya’s balance
- $2.6billion
Balance
Libya’s trade balance with the United Kingdom
Trade between Libya and the United Kingdom grew 5.5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Libya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2.8
- Imports 0.2
- Balance +2.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $208 million | $332 million | -$124 million |
| 1996 | $235 million | $370 million | -$135 million |
| 1997 | $379 million | $429 million | -$50 million |
| 1998 | $246 million | $389 million | -$143 million |
| 1999 | $187 million | $274 million | -$87 million |
| 2000 | $305 million | $272 million | $34 million |
| 2001 | $270 million | $254 million | $16 million |
| 2002 | $248 million | $308 million | -$60 million |
| 2003 | $323 million | $387 million | -$64 million |
| 2004 | $359 million | $374 million | -$16 million |
| 2005 | $605 million | $371 million | $234 million |
| 2006 | $1.1 billion | $357 million | $696 million |
| 2007 | $904 million | $415 million | $490 million |
| 2008 | $1.4 billion | $323 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2009 | $1 billion | $432 million | $568 million |
| 2010 | $427 million | $645 million | -$218 million |
| 2011 | $668 million | $138 million | $530 million |
| 2012 | $2.7 billion | $292 million | $2.4 billion |
| 2013 | $1.9 billion | $419 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2014 | $527 million | $268 million | $259 million |
| 2015 | $104 million | $159 million | -$55 million |
| 2016 | $1.3 billion | $214 million | $1 billion |
| 2017 | $1.2 billion | $240 million | $991 million |
| 2018 | $827 million | $170 million | $658 million |
| 2019 | $318 million | $198 million | $120 million |
| 2020 | $89 million | $148 million | -$59 million |
| 2021 | $1.5 billion | $140 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2022 | $1.6 billion | $145 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2023 | $1.6 billion | $195 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2024 | $2.8 billion | $192 million | $2.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Libya sells to the United Kingdom
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Kingdom 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 Felixstowe is 2,463 nautical miles (4,561 km) long: ≈ 5.5–7.5 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 United Kingdom was Libya’s 6th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Libya was the United Kingdom’s 50th (0.3%).
- The United Kingdom in Libya’s trade
- 5.8%
- The United Kingdom’s rank among Libya’s partners
- 6th
- Libya in the United Kingdom’s trade
- 0.3%
- Libya’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
- 50th
Compare with
Other partners of Libya
Other partners of the United Kingdom
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.