Beans, dry — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 361 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Libya stood at 361 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Libya peaked at 408 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Libya 111th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 200 ha | — |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 120 ha | -40.0% |
| 1970 | 137 ha | +14.2% |
| 1971 | 146 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 149 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 152 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 160 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 135 ha | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 173 ha | +28.1% |
| 1977 | 222 ha | +28.3% |
| 1978 | 183 ha | -17.6% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 215 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 195 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 165 ha | +26.9% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 235 ha | +17.5% |
| 1994 | 265 ha | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 315 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 328 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 329 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 323 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 317 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 320 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 329 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 374 ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 408 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 344 ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 331 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 362 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 345 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 347 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 360 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 350 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 361 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 363 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 361 ha | -0.6% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 361 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 1% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Libya's 361 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,040 ha, 18% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | -40.0% | 200 ha | 120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80 ha | 0 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 165.7 ha | 135 ha | 222 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 186 ha | 140 ha | 215 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 258.3 ha | 130 ha | 328 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 319.9 ha | 300 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 357 ha | 329 ha | 408 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 350 ha | 363 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Libya?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Libya was 361 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 408 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 111th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.