Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Libya
Libya: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food was 879 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Libya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food in Libya stood at 879 1000 t. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food in Libya peaked at 1,265 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 879 1000 t, in 2023.
Libya ranks 117th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Libya, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,265 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,162 1000 t | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 1,065 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 1,122 1000 t | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 1,202 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 1,236 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,192 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 1,146 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 1,228 1000 t | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 1,196 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,179 1000 t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,229 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1,000 1000 t | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 879 1000 t | -12.1% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 879 1000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,023 1000 t, 86% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Libya's 879 1000 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,677 1000 t, 52% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,181 1000 t | 1,065 1000 t | 1,265 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,072 1000 t | 879 1000 t | 1,229 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
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 cereals - excluding beer — food in Libya?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food in Libya was 879 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,265 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 879 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Libya rank for cereals - excluding beer — food?
- Libya ranks 117th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.