Ireland vs Libya: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Ireland
258,930 ha
in 2024
Libya
249,794 ha
in 2024
Ireland rank
124th
Libya rank
125th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Ireland
  • Libya
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 258,930 ha against 249,794 ha in Libya, a difference of 9,136 ha.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.

Ireland ranks 124th and Libya ranks 125th of 193 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 1 and Libya in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Libya Difference Ahead
1960s 383,420 ha 541,202 ha 157,781 ha Libya
1970s 368,524 ha 475,004 ha 106,480 ha Libya
1980s 383,160 ha 458,749 ha 75,589 ha Libya
1990s 292,519 ha 291,112 ha 1,407 ha Ireland
2000s 294,204 ha 348,823 ha 54,620 ha Libya
2010s 287,633 ha 402,101 ha 114,469 ha Libya
2020s 270,852 ha 298,789 ha 27,937 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Ireland or Libya?
Ireland, at 258,930 ha against 249,794 ha in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Ireland and Libya?
9,136 ha, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Libya?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Ireland and Libya rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Ireland ranks 124th 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.