Libya Food Prices: WFP Market Monitoring for Staples and Commodities

Libya food price records sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database, covering commodities like maize, rice, and sugar across various markets. The data is updated weekly and primarily consists of monthly price observations collected by the WFP. While the global database spans back to 1992, this specific subset focuses on Libyan market indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyzing price volatility of staples like rice and maize in Libyan markets
• Monitoring food security indicators based on commodity price trends
• Economic modeling of inflation using historical monthly price data

Strengths

• Sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database
• Covers multiple food categories including fish, beans, and sugar
• Standardized CC-BY-IGO license for intergovernmental data

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided in the source metadata
• Temporal coverage for Libya specifically is not defined beyond the general WFP 1992-present range

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Freshness

Updated weekly; last recorded update in March 2026.

Geography

Libya