In its routine statistical bulletin summarising 2025, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announces yesterday that Libya’s total revenues totalled 136.86 billion dinars and expenditures 136.8 billion dinars for the whole of 2025.
– Oil revenues and royalties deposited into the CBL amounted to US$ 22.1 billion while foreign currency usage reached US$ 31.1 billion, resulting in a deficit of approximately US$ 9 billion.
– The CBL said the increased dollar deficit during this period is due to the decline in oil revenues deposited into the bank since September.
– The dollar deficit was covered by returns on the CBL’s investments in deposits, bonds, and gold, achieving a surplus of approximately $1.7 billion.
– Total public spending, excluding fuel, in 2025 reached 120.0 billion dinars, compared to 123.2 billion dinars in 2024.
– The Central Bank’s foreign assets reached US$ 99.4 billion, compared to US$ 95.5 billion at the end of 2024.
– Oil sales and royalties amounted to 116.8 billion dinars, and taxes to 2.8 billion dinars.
– Customs revenues reached 345.5 million dinars, and telecommunications revenues reached 224.1 million dinars.
– Central Bank profits: 2.7 billion dinars, other revenues: 14 billion dinars, and local fuel sales: 0 dinars.
– State-sector salaries amounted to 73.3 billion dinars, operating expenses: 9 billion dinars, development: 20 billion dinars, and subsidies: 34.5 billion dinars.
– The volume of transactions using e-payment methods increased by 186% in 2025, reaching a total of 389 billion LYD, compared to 136 billion LYD in 2024, an increase of 253 billion LYD. (Report)
