Libya vs Sri Lanka: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Libya
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 6,165 ha against 5,253 ha in Libya, a difference of 912 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Libya ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 56th of 147 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 ha | 4,097 ha | 2,842 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 2,350 ha | 3,952 ha | 1,602 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 6,420 ha | 3,234 ha | 3,186 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 5,320 ha | 3,415 ha | 1,905 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 4,354 ha | 4,283 ha | 70.7 ha | Libya |
| 2010s | 5,064 ha | 6,457 ha | 1,393 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5,273 ha | 6,373 ha | 1,100 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Libya or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 6,165 ha against 5,253 ha in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Libya and Sri Lanka?
- 912 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Sri Lanka rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 56th of 147 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — 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.