Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Libya
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 129,202 ha against 117,228 ha in Libya, a difference of 11,974 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 70th and Saudi Arabia ranks 69th of 133 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 | 185,274 ha | 78,633 ha | 106,641 ha | Libya |
| 1970s | 183,071 ha | 59,255 ha | 123,816 ha | Libya |
| 1980s | 226,777 ha | 420,325 ha | 193,548 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 144,707 ha | 584,903 ha | 440,196 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 150,618 ha | 431,090 ha | 280,472 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 225,938 ha | 126,969 ha | 98,969 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 159,038 ha | 127,073 ha | 31,965 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Libya or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 129,202 ha against 117,228 ha in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Libya and Saudi Arabia?
- 11,974 ha, with Saudi Arabia 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 wheat — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 70th and Saudi Arabia ranks 69th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.