Belgium vs Libya: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Belgium
281,940 ha
in 2024
Libya
249,794 ha
in 2024
Belgium rank
122nd
Libya rank
125th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Belgium
  • Libya
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 281,940 ha against 249,794 ha in Libya, a difference of 32,146 ha.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Libya ahead.

Belgium ranks 122nd and Libya ranks 125th of 193 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Libya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Libya Difference Ahead
2000s 317,332 ha 348,823 ha 31,492 ha Libya
2010s 323,638 ha 402,101 ha 78,463 ha Libya
2020s 308,844 ha 298,789 ha 10,055 ha Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Belgium or Libya?
Belgium, at 281,940 ha against 249,794 ha in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Belgium and Libya?
32,146 ha, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Libya?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Libya rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Belgium ranks 122nd and Libya ranks 125th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.