Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$24.18 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.069 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$4.4 million ODA (2002)

Currency (code):
Libyan dinar (LYD)

Currency code:
LYD

Exchange rates:
Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.305 (2004), 1.2929 (2003), 1.2707
(2002), 0.6051 (2001), 0.5122 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Libya

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
100,000 (2003)