Egypt vs Libya

Egypt vs Libya: GDP growth

GDP growth: 2.4% a year in Egypt in 2024 and -11.2% a year in Libya in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Egypt, by 16.7 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Egypt vs Libya: GDP growthGDP growth: 2.4% a year in Egypt in 2024 and -11.2% a year in Libya in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Egypt, by 16.7 percentage points.
EgyptLibyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Libya.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 4.8% a year and Libya at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEgyptLibya
20242.44.2
20233.810.5
20226.7-8.6
20213.327.3
20203.6-29.5
20195.5-11.2
20185.37.9
20174.232.5
20164.3-1.5
20154.4-0.8
20142.9-23
20133.3-18
20122.286.8
20111.8-50.3
20105.15
20094.7-4.4
20087.2-0.2
20077.16.2
20066.80.3
20054.510.6
20044.15.8
20033.216.1
20023.2-3.7
20013.52.6
20005.44
19996.1-0.2
19987.5-0.7
19975.9-2.6
19964.91.8
19954.5-15.4
19944.23.2
19932.9-5.5
19920.3-4.5
19912.118.3
19902.43.7
198937.2
198847.6
19874.3-14.7
19864.8-11.4
19857.40.6
19848-8.3
19838.9-4.7
19827.31.5
19812.2-20
19803.40.6
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEgyptLibya
20254.415.9
20265.13.3
20274.72.9
202852.7
20295.52.5
20304.82.3
20314.82.1

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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