Libya — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1963–2030 · 64 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Libya, the combined government deficit reading was −3.12% of GDP in 2025, compared with −17.9% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +14.8 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2018–2030

PeriodValue
2030-0.87 % of GDP
2029-0.8 % of GDP
2028-0.81 % of GDP
2027-0.82 % of GDP
2026-0.74 % of GDP
8 earlier values, back to 2018
2025-3.12 % of GDP
2024-17.9 % of GDP
20235.38 % of GDP
202217 % of GDP
202110.3 % of GDP
2020-48.1 % of GDP
201911.9 % of GDP
20189.42 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.