Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya
Libya: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square was 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya, 2010–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya stood at 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.0% on the previous year and down 70.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya peaked at 2.13 tonnes per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre, in 2023.
That places Libya 176th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.73 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 2011 | 1.22 tonnes per square kilometre | -29.6% |
| 2012 | 1.7 tonnes per square kilometre | +39.8% |
| 2013 | 2.12 tonnes per square kilometre | +24.6% |
| 2014 | 1.97 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 1.85 tonnes per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 2.13 tonnes per square kilometre | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 1.75 tonnes per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 1.87 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 1.05 tonnes per square kilometre | -43.7% |
| 2020 | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | +62.9% |
| 2021 | 1.84 tonnes per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7905 tonnes per square kilometre | -57.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre | -21.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12.95 tonnes per square kilometre, 5% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 21.97 tonnes per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.05 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.84 tonnes per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 173 Myanmar 0.7048 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 174 Mali 0.6802 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 175 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 177 Ukraine 0.5851 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 178 Guyana 0.5447 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 179 Paraguay 0.4495 tonnes per square kilometre 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 cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Libya was 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 tonnes per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Libya rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square?
- Libya ranks 176th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.