Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Libya
EmbassyLibya
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In short
India’s embassy in Libya records bilateral trade of $874.2m, a reported community of 3,000, 5 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 70%.
Total bilateral trade
$874.2m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Libya
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Bilateral trade figures (US$ Mn) for the last 5 years: F. Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 India’s ex- 153.91 port 239.60 337.91 565.12 650.38 India’s Im- 70.52 port 358.20 729.89 238.55 223.86 803.67 874.24 Total 224.43 597.80 1067.80”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence3,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Libya"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 3,000 = 3,000”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence5
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 September 1973)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYA REGARDING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF OIL — 29 September 1973”
Published: 29 September 1973 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
70%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 13 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Libya”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 82 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to LibyaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$650.4m
Bilateral Brief — Libya
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Bilateral trade figures (US$ Mn) for the last 5 years: F. Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 India’s ex- 153.91 port 239.60 337.91 565.12 650.38 India’s Im- 70.52 port 358.20 729.89 238.55 223.86 803.67 874.24 Total 224.43 597.80 1067.80”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from LibyaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$223.9m
Bilateral Brief — Libya
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Bilateral trade figures (US$ Mn) for the last 5 years: F. Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 India’s ex- 153.91 port 239.60 337.91 565.12 650.38 India’s Im- 70.52 port 358.20 729.89 238.55 223.86 803.67 874.24 Total 224.43 597.80 1067.80”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$426.5m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Libyapersons · as stated in the brief6,000
Bilateral Brief — Libya
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian community in Libya & repatriation” section
“Currently, over 6000 Indians are in different parts of Libya, which predominantly include blue collar workers and few hundred professionals as well as those who have married Libyans and have been living there for several years.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Libya
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visit of Foreign Minister:” section
“A 5-Member Delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Mr. Taher Al-Baour participated in India-Arab Foreign Ministers Summit on 31 January 2026.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (5)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade26 May 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYA ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade26 May 2007
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYACultural Relations and Sport24 August 1985
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYABusiness and Trade19 July 1978
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LIBYA REGARDING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF OILAid and Cooperation29 September 1973
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 33 sections, 15,943 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Libya Bilateral Relations · Background · Recent Engagements · Participation in VOGSS: · Higher Education Minister’s visit: · Visit of Foreign Minister:.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 100% apart
- Overseas Indians3,000
- Indian community in Libya6,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.