Libya Country Data

Area: total: 1,759,540 sq km
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: Mediterranean along coast dry, extreme desert interior

Terrain: mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum

Population: 6,173,579
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.2% [male 1,046,400/female 1,002,148]
15-64 years: 62.6% [male 1,988,038/female 1,875,034]
65 years and over: 4.2% [male 128,386/female 133,573] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Libyan[s]
adjective: Libyan

Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% [includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians]

Languages: Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities

Capital: name: Tripoli
geographic coordinates: 32 53 N, 13 10 E
time difference: UTC+2 [7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 September [1969]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 83.1%
services: 14.9% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 1.83 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $39.85 billion
expenditures: $19.47 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans cattle

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

Exports: $40.47 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

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

Exports - partners: Italy 36.8%, Germany 14.3%, Spain 8.7%, US 6.1%, France 5.6%, Turkey 5.3% [2006]

Imports: $14.47 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

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

Imports - partners: Italy 18.9%, Germany 7.8%, China 7.6%, Tunisia 6.3%, France 5.8%, Turkey 5.3%, US 4.7%, South Korea 4.3%, UK 4% [2006]

Currency (code): Libyan dinar [LYD]

Exchange rates: Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.2604 [2007], 1.3108 [2006], 1.3084 [2005], 1.305 [2004], 1.2929 [2003]

Airports: 141 [2007]

Railways: 0 km
note: Libya has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 17 ships [1000 GRT or over] 67,200 GRT/85,931 DWT
by type: cargo 11, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 3 [Kuwait 1, Norway 1, Syria 1]
registered in other countries: 4 [Malta 3, Tunisia 1] [2007]

Ports and terminals: As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli, Zawiyah

Trade Leads of companies wanting to do business with Libya

High Quality Wooden Doors, Steel Doors, Various Marble, Ceramics - Makexport ( Turkey ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 28 Apr, 2008 9:00 pm - we are export various products for construction material from turkey we are looking for trading partner all countries we want expecially fro...
Targeted Countries: Libya Tunisia Saudi Arabia

Portland Cement Urea Sugar Seller Ns Commerce En 197 / 2000 British Standard 12 / 1997 Astm C-150 - Nscommerce ( Serbia ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 26 May, 2008 11:17 pm - dear buyers and brokers we are the company and the official representative of the seller the largest supplier of portland cement all over th...
Targeted Countries: Russia Libya Romania

Sell Steel Enamel Bathtub - Bathtubbest ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 11 Jul, 2008 8:12 am - trademark nanhai place of origin china hebei handle with or without as clients requirements material steel enamel length 1500 1700 widt...
Targeted Countries: Cyprus Congo Libya

Sell Mining Machine, Mineral Processing Machine - Wade698 ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 21 Jul, 2008 7:15 am - the mining equipments flow produced by our company can provide you with all around technical support the whole line consists of vibrating feeder j...
Targeted Countries: Chile Libya Russia

Sell The Brick Making Machine, Brick Maker, Block Maker, Block Making Machine - Wade698 ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 21 Jul, 2008 7:26 am - this kind of clay brick making machine is suitable for producing all kinds of perforated and hollow bricks with material like coal gangue shale fl...
Targeted Countries: Chile Libya Russia

Comparative Model Inch Fore Limb Bones Of Five Vertebrates - Cesci ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 22 Jul, 2008 1:57 am - comparison model of evolutionary types amniota developed in an amnion womb like sac our products range from the most basic educational apparat...
Targeted Countries: USA Libya Ireland

Bookshelves Library Bookshelves Double Sided With 3 Pillars - Cesci ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 22 Jul, 2008 2:03 am - library bookshelves double sided with 3 pillars our products range from the most basic educational apparatus to the latest and most innovative scie...
Targeted Countries: USA Libya Ireland

Model Of Movement Of The Earth - Cesci ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 22 Jul, 2008 2:10 am - globe of the world orbital and illustrating planetary spatial relationships our products range from the most basic educational apparatus to the la...
Targeted Countries: USA Libya Ireland

Human Torso Removable Educational Supplies 42cm Of Plastic - Cesci ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 22 Jul, 2008 2:13 am - human torso removable educational supplies 42cm of plastic our products range from the most basic educational apparatus to the latest and most innov...
Targeted Countries: USA Libya Ireland

Asphalt Drum Mix Plant - Shashiexports ( India ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Thu 31 Jul, 2008 2:58 am - our asphalt plants built to stringent international and indian standards have found acceptance and acclaim by all users they are thoroughly inspect...
Targeted Countries: Algeria Zimbabwe Libya

Stucco-embossed Aluminum 2.0mm - Newsmetal ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 22 Aug, 2008 4:59 pm - aluminum embossed sheet and coil specifications 1 alloy 1 3 5 6 7 8 series 2 temper o h12 h14 h16 h18 h22 h24 h26 h32 3 thick...
Targeted Countries: Libya Kuwait USA

Fire Fighting Vehicle Equipment Mounted On Isuzu Truck - Ayalka ( Turkey ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 11 Nov, 2008 7:28 am - dear sir madam ayalka ltd was estabilishes in 1998 with the purpose of producing vehicle mounted equipment for fire sprinkler trucks water tan...
Targeted Countries: Sudan Morocco Libya