Attachments
Key Highlights
- The national Full Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) rose marginally by +0.7 percent in April 2025 to LYD 909.44, reflecting modest but persistent inflationary pressure driven by rising food and non-food costs in several regions.
- The eastern region recorded the largest month-on-month increase among all regions, overtaking the south as Libya’s most expensive region, with the Full MEB rising +4.2 percent to LYD 925.43. Notable increases were observed in Ajdabiya (+11.5 percent to LYD 915.88), Al Kufra (+6.7 percent to LYD 1,130.91) and Benghazi (+4.4 percent to LYD 992.20), where both food and non-food prices rose significantly due to trade disruptions and the sustained pressure of the continued influx of Sudanese refugees to Al Kufra.
- Western Libya saw a -1.1 percent decline in Full MEB, dropping to LYD 858.26, driven predominately by significant reductions in Zwara (-11.2 percent to LYD 938.38), following the temporary resolution of cross-border trade disruptions with Tunisia.
- In the south, the Full MEB remained relatively stable, falling slightly by -0.1 percent to LYD 954.36. The southern region was overtaken by the east as Libya's most expensive, however prices remain elevated, with Murzuq the most expensive in the southern region at LYD 1,069.07, despite a minor monthly decline of -0.8 percent.
- The national Food MEB rose slightly by +0.5 percent to LYD 793.71, while the Non-Food MEB increased +2.1 percent to LYD 115.73, with continued volatility observed across fuel, hygiene, and utility-related items, driven largely by a currency devaluation of the Libyan dinar of 13.3 percent by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).