Libya vs Lower middle income: Goods imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
Libya
0.5276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Lower middle income
0.2098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Libya rank
30th
Lower middle income rank
31st
Goods imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time
- Libya
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.5276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.3178 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
That makes Libya's figure about 2.5 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 199 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2544 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1686 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0858 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
| 1980s | 0.2598 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1355 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1243 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
| 1990s | 0.2153 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1457 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0696 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
| 2000s | 0.2478 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1818 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.066 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
| 2010s | 0.2921 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0833 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
| 2020s | 0.4148 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1936 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2211 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Libya or Lower middle income?
- Libya, at 0.5276 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2098 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Libya and Lower middle income?
- 0.3178 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Lower middle income?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
- How do Libya and Lower middle income rank globally for goods imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
- Libya ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Goods imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Goods imports (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.