Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Libya
Libya: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 153 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Libya, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Libya stood at 153. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Libya peaked at 153 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84, in 2012.
That places Libya 89th out of 266 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 84 | — |
| 2013 | 99 | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 131 | +32.3% |
| 2016 | 142 | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 143 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 145 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 146 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 147 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 149 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 151 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 152 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 153 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 153 | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 153 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 113, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Libya's 153 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 222, 69% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Libya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +32.3% | 99 | 131 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 123.62 | 84 | 146 | 8 |
| 2020s | 150.83 | 147 | 153 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More infrastructure data for Libya
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 13.94 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 192.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.22 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 16.86 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1686 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -22.7 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.22 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.93 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Libya?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Libya was 153 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 153 in 2024.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 84 in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Libya ranks 89th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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