Wheat — Production, per capita in Libya
Libya: Wheat — Production, per capita was 0.0122 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Production, per capita in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production, per capita in Libya is 0.0122 t per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 31.5% on the previous year and down 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production, per capita in Libya peaked at 0.0564 t per person in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.0082 t per person, in 1971.
Libya ranks 66th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production, per capita in Libya, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0193 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0207 t per person | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0202 t per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.016 t per person | -20.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0315 t per person | +97.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0313 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0328 t per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0266 t per person | -18.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0389 t per person | +46.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0131 t per person | -66.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0082 t per person | -37.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0187 t per person | +127.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0291 t per person | +55.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0159 t per person | -45.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0292 t per person | +83.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0489 t per person | +67.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0167 t per person | -65.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0325 t per person | +94.8% |
| 1979 | 0.034 t per person | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.041 t per person | +20.6% |
| 1981 | 0.034 t per person | -17.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0505 t per person | +48.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0564 t per person | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0487 t per person | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0382 t per person | -21.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0473 t per person | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0416 t per person | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 0.038 t per person | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0426 t per person | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 0.029 t per person | -32.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0286 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0269 t per person | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0266 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0249 t per person | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0238 t per person | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0249 t per person | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0309 t per person | +24.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0272 t per person | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0249 t per person | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0236 t per person | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0231 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0227 t per person | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0222 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0218 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0213 t per person | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0174 t per person | -18.5% |
| 2007 | 0.017 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0167 t per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0165 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0204 t per person | +23.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0262 t per person | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0324 t per person | +23.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0317 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0311 t per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0245 t per person | -21.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0302 t per person | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0208 t per person | -31.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0292 t per person | +40.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0201 t per person | -31.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0185 t per person | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0182 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.018 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0178 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0122 t per person | -31.5% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.0122 t per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0641 t per person, 19% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.0122 t per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0122 t per person, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +127.0% | 0.0082 t per person | 0.0187 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0264 t per person | 0.016 t per person | 0.0389 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0246 t per person | 0.0082 t per person | 0.0489 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0438 t per person | 0.034 t per person | 0.0564 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0268 t per person | 0.0238 t per person | 0.0309 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0202 t per person | 0.0165 t per person | 0.0236 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0266 t per person | 0.0201 t per person | 0.0324 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0169 t per person | 0.0122 t per person | 0.0185 t per person | 5 |
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 wheat — production, per capita in Libya?
- Wheat — production, per capita in Libya was 0.0122 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — production, per capita recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0564 t per person in 1983.
- What is the lowest wheat — production, per capita recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0082 t per person in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for wheat — production, per capita?
- Libya ranks 66th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production, per capita rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.8%. 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 Wheat — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Wheat — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.