Apples — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Apples — Area harvested was 137 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Libya, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Libya is 137 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is down 21.3% on the previous year and down 67.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Libya peaked at 3,500 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 137 ha, in 2024.
That places Libya 87th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 850 ha | — |
| 1986 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 891 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 1,276 ha | +43.2% |
| 1992 | 1,049 ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 954 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 1,600 ha | +67.7% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +45.8% |
| 1997 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 2,335 ha | -31.3% |
| 1999 | 2,600 ha | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | -84.6% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 556 ha | +39.0% |
| 2004 | 500 ha | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 547 ha | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 580 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 420 ha | -27.6% |
| 2015 | 327 ha | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 442 ha | +35.2% |
| 2017 | 396 ha | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 200 ha | -49.5% |
| 2019 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 364 ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 174 ha | -52.2% |
| 2024 | 137 ha | -21.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 137 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,049 ha, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Libya's 137 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 1% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Libya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +100.0% | 200 ha | 400 ha |
| 2000 | -84.6% | 2,600 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 850 ha | 850 ha | 850 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,000 ha | 891 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 480.3 ha | 400 ha | 556 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 427.5 ha | 200 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 295 ha | 137 ha | 400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More agriculture & rural data for Libya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -37.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 96.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1209 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Libya?
- Apples — area harvested in Libya was 137 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 137 ha in 2024.
- How does Libya rank for apples — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 87th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.