Apricots — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Apricots — Area harvested was 4,736 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Libya, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — area harvested in Libya stood at 4,736 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Libya peaked at 5,000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,892 ha, in 1996.
That places Libya 27th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,144 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 3,584 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 3,184 ha | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 3,082 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 2,980 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 2,989 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,892 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 2,979 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 3,050 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 3,200 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 3,331 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3,453 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 3,553 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 3,935 ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 3,942 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 3,995 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 4,057 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 4,250 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 4,317 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 4,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,623 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 4,772 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 4,811 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 4,824 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,853 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 4,920 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 5,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,650 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 4,610 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 4,516 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 4,771 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 4,736 ha | -0.7% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 4,736 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,188 ha, 1.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Libya's 4,736 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 98% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,108 ha | 2,892 ha | 3,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,647 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,057 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,667 ha | 4,250 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,657 ha | 4,516 ha | 4,771 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 25 Morocco 5,376 ha compare
- 26 Iraq 4,907 ha compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 4,428 ha compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 3,673 ha compare
- 30 Georgia 3,423 ha compare
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 apricots — area harvested in Libya?
- Apricots — area harvested in Libya was 4,736 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,892 ha in 1996.
- How does Libya rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 27th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.