CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

Country name : Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Capital : Tripoli

Area : 1,759,540 km²

Population : 6,036,914 (July 2007)

Density : 3.4 inhabitants/km²

Population growth rate : 2.262% (2007)

Age structure : 0-14 years : 33.4% - 15-64 years : 62.4% - 65 years and over : 4.2%

Life expectancy at birth : 76.88 years

Labour force : 1.82 million

Gross Domestic Product : US$78.79 billion (2007)

GDP – real growth rate : 5.4% (2007)

GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 2.1% - industry : 81.7% - services : 16.2%

GDP – per capita : US$13,100 (2007)

Budget : revenues : US$39.62 billion - expenditures : US$19.51 billion (2007)

Industries : petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

Industrial production growth rate : 5.6% (2007)

Land use : arable land : 1.03% - permanent crops : 0.19% - other : 98.7%

Agricultural products : wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans

Exports : US$36.37 billion (2007)

Exports – commodities : crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals

Exports – partners : Italy (36.7%), Germany (14.3%), Spain (8.7%), US (6.1%), France (5.6%), Turkey (5.3%) (2006)

Imports : US$15.35 billion (2007)

Imports – commodities : machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products

Imports – partners : Italy (18.9%), Germany (7.9%), China (7.5%), Tunisia (6.3%), France (5.8%), Turkey (5.2%), US (4.7%), South Korea (4.3%),  UK (4%) (2006)

Current account balance : US$11.71 billion (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : US$69.51 billion (31 December 2007)

External debt : US$4.837 billion (31 December 2007)