Eastern Africa vs Libya: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 34,578 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 31,241 ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 10.4 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Libya ranks 11th of 20 groups.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,745 ha | 16,000 ha | 13,255 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 2,762 ha | 20,060 ha | 17,298 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 2,987 ha | 28,352 ha | 25,365 ha | Libya |
| 2010s | 3,179 ha | 31,661 ha | 28,482 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 3,319 ha | 33,769 ha | 30,450 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Libya?
- Libya, at 34,578 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Libya?
- 31,241 ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Libya?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Libya rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Libya ranks 11th of 20 groups.
- 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.