Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Libya
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Libya currently reports 249,794 ha against 230,134 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 19,660 ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 114th and Saudi Arabia ranks 117th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 541,202 ha | 306,655 ha | 234,547 ha | Libya |
| 1970s | 475,004 ha | 354,054 ha | 120,950 ha | Libya |
| 1980s | 458,749 ha | 559,330 ha | 100,582 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 291,112 ha | 861,724 ha | 570,613 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 348,823 ha | 596,423 ha | 247,600 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 402,101 ha | 254,073 ha | 148,028 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 298,789 ha | 242,179 ha | 56,610 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Libya or Saudi Arabia?
- Libya, at 249,794 ha against 230,134 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Libya and Saudi Arabia?
- 19,660 ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 114th and Saudi Arabia ranks 117th of 178 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
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.