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ECONOMY
[edit]Statistics
[edit]GDP
[edit]| Purchasing power parity: | US $78.79 billion (2007) |
| Real growth rate: | 5.4 percent (2007) |
| Per capita: | Purchasing power parity--US$13,100 (2007) |
| Composition by sector: | Agriculture 2.1 percent; Industry 81.7 percent; and Services 16.2 percent (2007) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 3.3 percent (2007) |
| Labor force: | 1.83 million (2007) |
| By occupation: | Industry 23 percent; Services 59 percent; Government 24 percent; and Agriculture 17 percent (2004) |
| Unemployment rate: | 20.74 percent (2009) |
| Budget: | Revenues: US$3.6 billion
Expenditures: US$5.1 billion (1998) |
| Industries: | Natural gas and oil production, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, and cement (2008) |
| Currency: | Libyan Dinar (LYD), 1 LYD = 1000 Dirhams; LYD = 1.2 US$ (2008); notes are .25, .50, 1, 5, and 10 dinars. Coins are seldom used, but are found in 10, 100, and 250 dirhams. |
The socialist-oriented economy depends primarily on oil revenues, which constitutes practically 95% [1][2] export earnings and a quarter of the gross domestic product (GDP). These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa [1] but the revenue is disparately distributed. Libya also has the highest unemployment rate in the region despite the high GDP. The end of sanctions in 2004[1][3][4] and the increase in oil prices has allowed an increase in Libya’s export revenue.
In this statist society, import restrictions and inefficient resource allocations up until recently have led to periodic shortages of basic goods and foodstuffs. The non-oil manufacturing and construction sectors, which account for 20 percent of GDP[1][5], have expanded from processing mostly agricultural products to including the production of petrochemicals, iron, steel, as well as aluminum.
Agriculture accounts for only 2.1 percent of GDP; it employs 17 percent of the labor force. Climatic conditions and poor soil severely limit farm output, and Libya imports 75 percent of its food requirements[5][6]. The UN sanctions imposed in April 1992 did not have a major impact on the economy, although they did increase transaction and transportation costs. UN sanctions were lifted 12 September 2003[1]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[2][3].
- ^ a b c d e [Libya Economic Data| http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/html/941_economic.html]
- ^ a b [Country Report: Libya| http://overons.rabobank.com/content/images/Libya08_tcm64-75095.pdf]
- ^ a b [Libya Background Information| http://www.overseastraveltips.com/cache/c024/northern-africa/libya.htm?q=Economy]
- ^ [Company Focus: Libya| http://www.pipelinedubai.com/focus/cf0805.htm]
- ^ a b [Doing Business in Libya| http://www.buyusa.gov/libya/en/doingbusinessinlibya.html]
- ^ [Libya| http://www.eoearth.org/article/Libya]
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