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About

South Korea-Libya Trade: In 2022, South Korea exported $367M to Libya. The main products that South Korea exported to Libya were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of South Korea to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 5.58%, from $280M in 2017 to $367M in 2022.

In 2022, South Korea did not export any services to Libya.

Libya-South Korea Trade: In 2022, Libya exported $90.9M to South Korea. The main products that Libya exported to South Korea were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Libya to South Korea have decreased at an annualized rate of 10.8%,  from $161M in 2017 to $90.9M in 2022.

In 2022, Libya did not export any services to South Korea.

Comparison: In 2023,  South Korea ranked 4 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.85), and 5 in total exports ($645B). That same year, Libya ranked 102 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 67 in total exports ($35.4B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, South Korea exported $367M to Libya. There were not main exports from South Korea to Libya in 2022. During the last 5 years the exports of South Korea to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 5.58%, from $280M in 2017 to $367M in 2022.

In 2017, Libya exported $90.9M to South Korea. There were not main exports from Libya to South Korea in 2017. During the last 5 years the exports of Libya to South Korea have decreased at an annualized rate of 10.8%, from $161M in 2022 to $90.9M in 2017.

Exports from South Korea (Flag) to Libya (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Libya (Flag) to South Korea (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
South Korea
Top Destination
China$162B
Libya
Top Destination
Italy$7.96B

This map shows whether countries import more from South Korea or Libya. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from South Korea and Libya or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from South Korea than Libya included China ($162B), United States ($118B), and Hong Kong ($28.8B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Libya than South Korea included Italy ($7.96B), Greece ($2.2B), and Romania ($657M).

Difference in imports from Libya (Flag) and South Korea (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage South Korea - Libya

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between South Korea and Libya by product, considering products traded by both, South Korea and Libya.

During 2022, South Korea had a large net trade with Libya in the exports of .

During 2017, Libya had a large net trade with South Korea in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential South Korea Libya+$15.5MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Libya South Korea+$15.9MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of South Korea and Libya. This means that a dot/product with the flag of South Korea indicates it has a comparative advantage over Libya. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Libya indicates it has a comparative advantage over South Korea.

Product Space of South Korea (Flag) and Libya (Flag) (2022)

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