Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya
Libya: Taxes as a % of price: value added tax was 1.3% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2022)
1.3%
Change on year
up 318.8%
World rank
174th
of 189 countries
All-time high
3.4%
in 2014
All-time low
0.3%
in 2020
Years of data
8
2008–2022
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya, 2008–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya is 1.3%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 318.8% on the previous year and down 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya peaked at 3.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.
Libya ranks 174th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2.8% | — |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -83.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -28.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -22.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +318.8% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 1.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13.0%, 10% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Libya's 1.3% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9.1%, 15% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 171 Timor-Leste 2.4% compare
- 172 Djibouti 2.3% compare
- 173 Cape Verde 2.1% compare
- 175 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% compare
- 176 Tonga 1.1% compare
- 177 Myanmar 0.0%
- 177 Kuwait 0.0%
- 177 Iraq 0.0%
- 177 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0%
- 177 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 177 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 177 Egypt 0.0%
- 177 Qatar 0.0%
- 177 Yemen 0.0%
- 177 Naoero 0.0%
- 177 San Marino 0.0%
- 177 Palau 0.0%
- 177 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0%
More health data for Libya
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,084 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 133 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0404 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya?
- Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Libya was 1.3% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest taxes as a % of price: value added tax recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest taxes as a % of price: value added tax recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Libya rank for taxes as a % of price: value added tax?
- Libya ranks 174th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is taxes as a % of price: value added tax rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Taxes as a % of price: value added tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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