مجلة دراسات الإنسان و المجتمع

The Dutch disease is one of the obstacles to economic diversification and sustainable development in the political and institutional division. The researcher relied on the relative importance of oil exports as an indicator of the level of dependence on. The study used the inductive approach and percentages in analyzing the relative importance of oil exports in relation to public revenues,government expenditure and import absorption rates. The research found that oil exports are greater than 50% for all previous percentages ,and concluded that the Libyan economy is afflicted with the Dutch disease, as the relative importance of all indicators was greater than 50%. The study recommends the necessity of controlling public spending, adjusting the exchange rate for the local currency and searching for other sources of income diversification by establishing laws with new segments of income taxes and supporting reciprocal sectors in national economy.