China vs Libya: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- China
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 34,578 ha against 12,395 ha in China, a difference of 22,183 ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 2.8 times China's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
China ranks 15th and Libya ranks 12th of 40 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,060 ha | 16,000 ha | 12,940 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 5,870 ha | 20,060 ha | 14,190 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 7,750 ha | 28,352 ha | 20,602 ha | Libya |
| 2010s | 11,737 ha | 31,661 ha | 19,924 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 12,396 ha | 33,769 ha | 21,373 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, China or Libya?
- Libya, at 34,578 ha against 12,395 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between China and Libya?
- 22,183 ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Libya?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do China and Libya rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- China ranks 15th and Libya ranks 12th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — 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.