Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Libya in 2019 — 0.1%. Ranked 167 in the world out of 168. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 3.04 pp.
1962–2019 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.1 | −0.05 pp |
| 2018 | 0.15 | −0.09 pp |
| 2017 | 0.24 | +0 pp |
| 2016 | 0.24 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.01 | +0 pp |
| 2008 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 1977 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1976 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 1975 | 0 | −0 pp |
| 1974 | 0 | −0.01 pp |
| 1973 | 0.01 | −0.04 pp |
| 1972 | 0.05 | +0.02 pp |
| 1971 | 0.03 | +0.02 pp |
| 1970 | 0.01 | −0.02 pp |
| 1969 | 0.03 | −0.02 pp |
| 1968 | 0.04 | −0.06 pp |
| 1967 | 0.11 | −0.01 pp |
| 1966 | 0.12 | −0.16 pp |
| 1965 | 0.27 | −0.27 pp |
| 1964 | 0.54 | −0.29 pp |
| 1963 | 0.83 | −2.31 pp |
| 1962 | 3.14 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
