Cabbages — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Cabbages — Area harvested was 326 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 326 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Libya peaked at 400 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 12 ha, in 1963.
Libya ranks 111th of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26 ha | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 12 ha | -53.8% |
| 1964 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 29 ha | +141.7% |
| 1966 | 125 ha | +331.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 225 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 180 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 274 ha | +52.2% |
| 1975 | 275 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 350 ha | +27.3% |
| 1977 | 338 ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 324 ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 380 ha | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 260 ha | -35.0% |
| 1983 | 291 ha | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 304 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 310 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 280 ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 220 ha | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 255 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 260 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 203 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 205 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 210 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 237 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 246 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 255 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 270 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 267 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 270 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 290 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 320 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 303 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 301 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 309 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 316 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 322 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 320 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 327 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 326 ha | -0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 326 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,018 ha, 16% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Libya's 326 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 856 ha, 38% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +331.0% | 29 ha | 125 ha |
| 1965 | +141.7% | 12 ha | 29 ha |
| 1963 | -53.8% | 26 ha | 12 ha |
| 1974 | +52.2% | 180 ha | 274 ha |
| 1982 | -35.0% | 400 ha | 260 ha |
| 1970 | +33.3% | 150 ha | 200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.22 ha | 12 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 267.6 ha | 180 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 291.5 ha | 220 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 222.3 ha | 200 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 260.5 ha | 230 ha | 290 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 311.1 ha | 300 ha | 322 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 322.6 ha | 320 ha | 327 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 cabbages — area harvested in Libya?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Libya was 326 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 400 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 ha in 1963.
- How does Libya rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 111th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 Cabbages — 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.