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Tripoli · Libyan dinar (LYD) · COMESA · AMU

Reference

Capital
Tripoli
Currency
Libyan dinar · LYD
Regional membership
  • COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  • AMU Arab Maghreb Union
Official languages
Arabic
Stock exchange
Libyan Stock Market
Instant payments
Not listed here
Regulatory sandbox
Not listed here

A blank field means the item is not listed on this page, not that it does not exist.

Figures

GDP (current US$)
$48.1 bn · 2025
GDP growth (annual %)
13.4% · 2025
Population
7.5 m · 2025
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
1.8% · 2025
Personal remittances received (current US$)
Not available for the latest year
Exchange rate · LYD
6.336 LYD per US dollar · 2026-08-29

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.

Headlines · 3

From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.

  1. Africanews

    Libya energy crisis leaves parts of oil-rich country struggling

    In Tripoli, shoppers are turning to their mobile phone flashlights as power cuts plunge grocery stores into darkness. Libya is facing its worst crisis in years, with severe fuel shortages disrupting daily life. As…

  2. AllAfrica · Libya

    Landmark ICC Trial On Libya Migrant Abuses Must Lead to More Scrutiny of EU Complicity

    [The New Humanitarian] Berlin -- "Anyone who violates people's rights should face the consequences."

  3. AllAfrica · Libya

    Sudanese UN Envoy - Eastern Libya, Chad and Ethiopia Are Supply Routes for RSF Militia

    [SNA] Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, said in a briefing to the UN Security Council on Monday that the UN Panel of Experts had documented the transformation of eastern…