Successful diversification and integration into the international community helped current GDP per capita to cut further deterioration to just 3.2% in the 1990s. Libyan GDP per capita was about $40 in the early 1920s and it rose to $1,018 by 1967.
In 1947 alone, per capita GDP rose by 42 percent. The following table shows the main economic indicators in 1980–2017.
Successful diversification and integration into the international community helped current GDP per capita to cut further deterioration to just 3.2% in the 1990s. Libyan GDP per capita was about $40 in the early 1920s and it rose to $1,018 by 1967.
Consequently, the GDP per capita shrank by 40% in the 1980s.
In 1947 alone, per capita GDP rose by 42 percent. The following table shows the main economic indicators in 1980–2017.
Reflecting the heritage of the command economy, three-quarters of employment is in the public sector, and private investment remains small at around 2% of GDP. Falling world oil prices in the early 1980s and economic sanctions caused a serious decline in economic activity, eventually leading to a slow private sector rehabilitation.
Successful diversification and integration into the international community helped current GDP per capita to cut further deterioration to just 3.2% in the 1990s. Libyan GDP per capita was about $40 in the early 1920s and it rose to $1,018 by 1967.
At 2.6% per year on average, real GDP growth was modest and volatile during the 1990s.
Libya's GDP grew in 2001 due to high oil prices, the end of a long cyclical drought, and increased foreign direct investment following the suspension of UN sanctions in 1999.
Despite efforts to diversify the economy and encourage private sector participation, extensive controls of prices, credit, trade, and foreign exchange constrain growth. Although UN sanctions were suspended in 1999, foreign investment in the Libyan gas and oil sectors were severely curtailed due to the U.S.
These oil revenues and a small population have given Libya one of the highest nominal per capita GDP in Africa. After 2000, Libya recorded favourable growth rates with an estimated 10.6% growth of GDP in 2010.
Libya's GDP grew in 2001 due to high oil prices, the end of a long cyclical drought, and increased foreign direct investment following the suspension of UN sanctions in 1999.
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA), which capped the amount foreign companies can invest in Libya yearly at $20 million (lowered from $40 million in 2001).
Real GDP growth has been boosted by high oil revenues, reaching 4.6% in 2004 and 3.5% in 2005.
Real GDP growth has been boosted by high oil revenues, reaching 4.6% in 2004 and 3.5% in 2005.
For purchasing power parity comparisons, the US Dollar is exchanged at 0.77 Libyan Dinars only. Mean wages were $9.51 per man-hour in 2009 (amounts to a compensation of $1598 for 21 working days of 8 hours). ==Oil sector== Libya is an OPEC member and holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa (followed by Nigeria and Algeria), as of January 2007, up from in 2006.
As of May 2006, the U.S.
NOC hopes to raise oil production from 1.80 million bpd in 2006 to 2 million bpd by 2008.
For purchasing power parity comparisons, the US Dollar is exchanged at 0.77 Libyan Dinars only. Mean wages were $9.51 per man-hour in 2009 (amounts to a compensation of $1598 for 21 working days of 8 hours). ==Oil sector== Libya is an OPEC member and holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa (followed by Nigeria and Algeria), as of January 2007, up from in 2006.
NOC hopes to raise oil production from 1.80 million bpd in 2006 to 2 million bpd by 2008.
For purchasing power parity comparisons, the US Dollar is exchanged at 0.77 Libyan Dinars only. Mean wages were $9.51 per man-hour in 2009 (amounts to a compensation of $1598 for 21 working days of 8 hours). ==Oil sector== Libya is an OPEC member and holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa (followed by Nigeria and Algeria), as of January 2007, up from in 2006.
These oil revenues and a small population have given Libya one of the highest nominal per capita GDP in Africa. After 2000, Libya recorded favourable growth rates with an estimated 10.6% growth of GDP in 2010.
This development was interrupted by the Libyan Civil War, which resulted in contraction of the economy by 62.1% in 2011.
After the war the economy rebounded by 104.5% in 2012, but then crashed again following the Second Libyan Civil War.
As of 2017, Libya's per capita PPP GDP stands at 60% of its pre-wars level. ==Macro-economy trend== Libya had seen a fantastic growth rate, however, these proved unsustainable in the face of global oil recession and international sanctions.
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