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Chinese overseas lending / LBY

Libya: debt owed to China

In 2021, Libya is estimated to have owed China $0, equal to 0.0% of its GDP, which ranks it 121 of 126 borrowers in the panel by dollars owed. The estimated stock peaked at $300m in 2012.

$0
Estimated total, 2021
rank 121 of 126
0.0%
Percent of GDP
2021
$0
Public and publicly guaranteed
2021
$0
Private non-guaranteed
2021

The estimated stock, 2000 to 2021

The largest single-year move in the estimated stock is 2012, when it rose by $75m.

Public and publicly guaranteedPrivate non-guaranteedPBoC swap drawings

Source: Horn, Reinhart and Trebesch, China’s Overseas Lending. Selection: estimated stock owed to China by Libya, by year and instrument, 2000 to 2021. Zeros are estimated zeros (no known loans outstanding), not missing values. Methodology

Against what Libya reports owing to all creditors

No comparison is possible. Libya has no row in the World Bank International Debt Statistics table. There is no reported all-creditor stock to measure the China estimate against, so the ratio is n/a, not zero and not a hundred percent. This is a difference in the scope of the two datasets, not evidence of anything hidden. The two-sources page lists every borrower in this position.