Malawi (MWI) and Libya (LBY) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

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Malawi-Libya Trade: In 2009, Malawi exported $2.45M to Libya. The main products that Malawi exported to Libya were N/A. Over the past 13 years the exports of Malawi to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 76.7%, from $1.5k in 1996 to $2.45M in 2009.

In 2009, Malawi did not export any services to Libya.

Libya-Malawi In N/A, Libya did not export any products to Malawi.

In 2009, Libya did not export any services to Malawi.

Comparison In 2022, Malawi ranked 157 in total exports ($1.19B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Libya ranked 104 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 67 in total exports ($36B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2009, Malawi exported $2.45M to Libya. There were not main exports from Malawi to Libya in 2009. During the last 13 years the exports of Malawi to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 76.7%, from $1.5k in 1996 to $2.45M in 2009.

Libya does not register exports to Malawi.

Exports from Malawi () to Libya () (2015)

Exports from Libya () to Malawi () (2015)

Market Competitiveness

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Exports

Export Growth

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Malawi
Top DestinationUnited Arab Emirates$255M

Libya
Top DestinationItaly$9.26B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malawi than Libya included Belgium ($143M), Tanzania ($72.8M), and Kenya ($58.8M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Libya than Malawi included Italy ($9.26B), Spain ($3.48B), and Germany ($3.32B).

Difference in imports from Libya () and Malawi () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malawi - Libya

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

During 2009, Malawi had a large net trade with Libya in the exports of .

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Malawi Libya+$2.01kGold

Top Product Potential Libya Malawi+$1.76kGold

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

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

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Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Exports from Malawi () to Libya () (2015)

Exports from Libya () to Malawi () (2015)

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Libya () and Malawi () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malawi - Libya

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

Product Space of Malawi () and Libya () (2015)

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