Data released by the Central Bank of Libya showed a foreign exchange deficit of USD 6.7 billion as of the end of October 2025.
As pressures on public finances increase due to declining oil revenues and rising public spending, the Central Bank’s total foreign assets reached USD 98.8 billion by the end of October, compared to USD 95.5 billion at the end of 2024. Public revenues totaled 103 billion dinars (based on an exchange rate of 5.5 dinars per dollar).
Revenues were distributed as follows: oil sales (86.6 billion dinars), oil royalties (14.9 billion dinars), tax revenues (1 billion dinar), customs (143 million dinars), and telecommunications (57 million dinars).
