Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Libya
Libya: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,862 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Libya, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Libya recorded 1,862 kcal/cap/d for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Libya peaked at 1,862 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,820 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Libya 86th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Libya, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,831 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,820 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,839 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,846 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,854 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,862 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 1,862 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,858 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Libya's 1,862 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,843 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | 1,820 kcal/cap/d | 1,839 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,852 kcal/cap/d | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | 1,862 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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 minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Libya?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Libya was 1,862 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,862 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,820 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Libya ranks 86th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.