Cantaloupes and other melons β Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Cantaloupes and other melons β Area harvested was 1,753 ha in 2024. β² Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons β Area harvested in Libya, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 1,753 ha for cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested in Libya peaked at 3,122 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 175 ha, in 1964.
That places Libya 50th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 703.89 ha | 175 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,330 ha | 1,049 ha | 2,806 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,392 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,122 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,507 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,699 ha | 1,695 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,721 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,736 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,747 ha | 1,740 ha | 1,754 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested in Libya?
- Cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested in Libya was 1,753 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,122 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 175 ha in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested?
- Libya ranks 50th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons β area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Cantaloupes and other melons β 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.