Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Libya: Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0463 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Libya
0.2112 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
37th
Libya rank
36th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Libya
00.050.10.150.2197620002025

How they compare

Libya currently reports 0.2112 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0463 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1649 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Libya's figure about 4.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Libya ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 37th and Libya ranks 36th of 44 groups.

Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Libya Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0312 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.053 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0218 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya
1980s 0.0286 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0496 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.021 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya
1990s 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0292 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya
2000s 0.0314 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0458 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0144 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya
2010s 0.0391 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0774 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0383 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya
2020s 0.0417 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1684 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1267 current US$ per US$ of GDP Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Libya?
Libya, at 0.2112 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0463 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Libya?
0.1649 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Libya?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Libya rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 37th and Libya ranks 36th of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,662 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.