Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Libya
Libya: Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value was 27 μg/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Libya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Libya stood at 27 μg/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 575.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Libya peaked at 48 μg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Libya 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value in Libya, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 μg/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 4 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5 μg/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 5 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 μg/cap/d | -40.0% |
| 2017 | 4 μg/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 4 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 48 μg/cap/d | +1100.0% |
| 2021 | 33 μg/cap/d | -31.2% |
| 2022 | 29 μg/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 27 μg/cap/d | -6.9% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 27 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.5 μg/cap/d, 4.9× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Libya's 27 μg/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2 μg/cap/d, 13.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +1100.0% | 4 μg/cap/d | 48 μg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.9 μg/cap/d | 3 μg/cap/d | 5 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.25 μg/cap/d | 27 μg/cap/d | 48 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 1 Maldives 121 μg/cap/d compare
- 1 Türkiye 11 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Paraguay 32 μg/cap/d compare
- 2 Viet Nam 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Argentina 30 μg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 0 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 4 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Switzerland 18 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Estonia 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Eswatini 17 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2 μg/cap/d compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Libya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -37.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 96.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1209 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Libya?
- Beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value in Libya was 27 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 48 μg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Libya rank for beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value?
- Libya ranks 4th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beverages — vitamin a supply (retinol activity equivalents) — value rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 575.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beverages — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.