Summary
- Libya → United States
- $1.5billion
- United States → Libya
- $547million
- Libya’s balance
- $945million
Balance
Libya’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Libya and the United States grew 113.8-fold since 2000
USD billions (current). Libya’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.5
- Imports 0.5
- Balance +0.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $0 | $18 million | -$18 million |
| 2001 | $0 | $9 million | -$9 million |
| 2002 | $0 | $18 million | -$18 million |
| 2003 | $0 | $226 thousand | -$226 thousand |
| 2004 | $350 million | $39 million | $312 million |
| 2005 | $1.7 billion | $82 million | $1.6 billion |
| 2006 | $2.6 billion | $430 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2007 | $2.5 billion | $509 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2008 | $2.9 billion | $652 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2009 | $634 million | $758 million | -$124 million |
| 2010 | $380 million | $1 billion | -$635 million |
| 2011 | $665 million | $302 million | $363 million |
| 2012 | $2.6 billion | $540 million | $2 billion |
| 2013 | $2.6 billion | $850 million | $1.8 billion |
| 2014 | $230 million | $520 million | -$289 million |
| 2015 | $165 million | $239 million | -$74 million |
| 2016 | $744 million | $188 million | $556 million |
| 2017 | $783 million | $132 million | $652 million |
| 2018 | $981 million | $245 million | $736 million |
| 2019 | $833 million | $406 million | $427 million |
| 2020 | $225 million | $292 million | -$67 million |
| 2021 | $2.2 billion | $285 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2022 | $2.2 billion | $284 million | $2 billion |
| 2023 | $1.6 billion | $425 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.5 billion | $547 million | $945 million |
What they sell each other
What Libya sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States 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 Los Angeles is 8,602 nautical miles (15,931 km) long: ≈ 20–25.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.
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 States was Libya’s 9th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Libya was the United States’ 87th (0%).
- The United States in Libya’s trade
- 4%
- The United States’ rank among Libya’s partners
- 9th
- Libya in the United States’ trade
- 0%
- Libya’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 87th
Compare with
Other partners of Libya
Other partners of the United States
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.