hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
18.08 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
1.72 million bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - consumption:
237,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.34 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
42 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
8.06 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
5.93 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
2.13 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
1.472 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$14.5 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$37.02 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals

Exports - partners:
Italy 37.7%, Germany 15.1%, Spain 9.3%, Turkey 6.2%, France 6.2%,
US 5.2% (2005)

Imports:
$14.47 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer
products

Imports - partners:
Italy 21.2%, Germany 10.3%, Tunisia 5.6%, Turkey 4.8%, UK 4.8%,
France 4.7%, South Korea 4.6%, China 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$57.48 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.492 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $18 million (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
Libyan dinar (LYD)

Currency code:
LYD

Exchange rates:
Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.315 (2006), 1.3084 (2005), 1.305
(2004), 1.2929 (2003), 1.2707 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Libya

Telephones - main lines in use:
750,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
234,800 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications system is being modernized;
mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, cellular,
tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth
stations
international: country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4
Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to
France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt;
tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1