Barley — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Barley — Area harvested was 126,698 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 126,698 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Libya peaked at 419,400 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1995.
That places Libya 41st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 350,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 272,112 ha | -22.3% |
| 1966 | 300,788 ha | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 364,752 ha | +21.3% |
| 1968 | 400,218 ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 357,270 ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 215,892 ha | -39.6% |
| 1971 | 166,666 ha | -22.8% |
| 1972 | 163,949 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 286,287 ha | +74.6% |
| 1974 | 334,068 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 368,422 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 419,400 ha | +13.8% |
| 1977 | 181,273 ha | -56.8% |
| 1978 | 418,000 ha | +130.6% |
| 1979 | 340,000 ha | -18.7% |
| 1980 | 280,250 ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 231,500 ha | -17.4% |
| 1982 | 134,500 ha | -41.9% |
| 1983 | 300,000 ha | +123.0% |
| 1984 | 214,000 ha | -28.7% |
| 1985 | 190,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1986 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 249,518 ha | +24.8% |
| 1988 | 232,893 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 252,035 ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 296,742 ha | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 260,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 185,000 ha | -28.8% |
| 1993 | 105,000 ha | -43.2% |
| 1994 | 85,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 1996 | 59,000 ha | +18.0% |
| 1997 | 85,000 ha | +44.1% |
| 1998 | 135,000 ha | +58.8% |
| 1999 | 155,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 180,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 180,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 177,671 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 180,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 184,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 204,080 ha | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 204,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 204,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 204,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 200,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 186,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 192,557 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 191,565 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 200,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 191,358 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 167,839 ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 177,214 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 118,010 ha | -33.4% |
| 2018 | 137,952 ha | +16.9% |
| 2019 | 136,250 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 137,080 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 136,460 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 136,577 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 132,528 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 126,698 ha | -4.4% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 126,698 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Libya's 126,698 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 5.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +130.6% | 181,273 ha | 418,000 ha |
| 1983 | +123.0% | 134,500 ha | 300,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352,793 ha | 272,112 ha | 400,218 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 289,396 ha | 163,949 ha | 419,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 228,470 ha | 134,500 ha | 300,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 141,574 ha | 50,000 ha | 296,742 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 191,849 ha | 177,671 ha | 204,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169,924 ha | 118,010 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133,869 ha | 126,698 ha | 137,080 ha | 5 |
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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 barley — area harvested in Libya?
- Barley — area harvested in Libya was 126,698 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 419,400 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1995.
- How does Libya rank for barley — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 41st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.