Maize and products — Food supply in Libya
Libya: Maize and products — Food supply was 21.25 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food supply in Libya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Libya recorded 21.25 kcal/cap/d for maize and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 59.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Libya peaked at 21.25 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.08 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
Libya ranks 119th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Libya, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.68 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 6.08 kcal/cap/d | -43.1% |
| 2012 | 12.34 kcal/cap/d | +103.0% |
| 2013 | 13.31 kcal/cap/d | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 17.58 kcal/cap/d | +32.1% |
| 2015 | 12.52 kcal/cap/d | -28.8% |
| 2016 | 13.97 kcal/cap/d | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 11.64 kcal/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 16.92 kcal/cap/d | +45.4% |
| 2019 | 7.57 kcal/cap/d | -55.3% |
| 2020 | 17.14 kcal/cap/d | +126.4% |
| 2021 | 20.28 kcal/cap/d | +18.3% |
| 2022 | 19.21 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 21.25 kcal/cap/d | +10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.26 kcal/cap/d | 6.08 kcal/cap/d | 17.58 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.47 kcal/cap/d | 17.14 kcal/cap/d | 21.25 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 116 Italy 23.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 22.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 118 Guyana 21.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 120 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 20.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 121 Sierra Leone 18.99 kcal/cap/d compare
- 122 Lebanon 18.84 kcal/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 maize and products — food supply in Libya?
- Maize and products — food supply in Libya was 21.25 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 21.25 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.08 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Libya rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Libya ranks 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.