Egypt vs Libya: Olives — Area harvested
Olives — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 185,238 ha against 117,744 ha in Egypt, a difference of 67,494 ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.6 times Egypt's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 12th and Libya ranks 10th of 63 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7,812 ha | 60,800 ha | 52,988 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 22,755 ha | 92,725 ha | 69,970 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 47,854 ha | 166,570 ha | 118,716 ha | Libya |
| 2010s | 71,638 ha | 233,160 ha | 161,522 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 111,290 ha | 219,045 ha | 107,755 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher olives — area harvested, Egypt or Libya?
- Libya, at 185,238 ha against 117,744 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in olives — area harvested between Egypt and Libya?
- 67,494 ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Libya?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Libya rank globally for olives — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 12th and Libya ranks 10th of 63 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Olives — 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.