Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 8,017 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Libya stood at 8,017 ha.
That represents a change of down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Libya peaked at 8,549 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 333 ha, in 1963.
That places Libya 33rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 333 ha | -16.8% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +20.1% |
| 1965 | 367 ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 333 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 2,700 ha | +125.0% |
| 1974 | 1,807 ha | -33.1% |
| 1975 | 1,928 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 1,923 ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,950 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 6,800 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 5,690 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 5,611 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 5,753 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 5,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 6,546 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 6,615 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 6,509 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 6,416 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 6,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,439 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 6,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 6,963 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7,842 ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 8,549 ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 7,367 ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 7,919 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 7,947 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 7,610 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 7,680 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 8,110 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 8,070 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 8,093 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 8,016 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 8,017 ha | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 8,017 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 2.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Libya's 8,017 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 699 ha, 11.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +125.0% | 1,200 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 1971 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1981 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1982 | +50.0% | 3,000 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1974 | -33.1% | 2,700 ha | 1,807 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 392.56 ha | 333 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,686 ha | 500 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,250 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,145 ha | 5,500 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,502 ha | 6,416 ha | 6,615 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,568 ha | 6,800 ha | 8,549 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,061 ha | 8,016 ha | 8,110 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 30 Belarus 8,577 ha compare
- 31 Tajikistan 8,547 ha compare
- 32 Sudan 8,087 ha compare
- 34 Canada 7,945 ha compare
- 35 Serbia and Montenegro 7,647 ha compare
- 35 South Africa 7,647 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Libya?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Libya was 8,017 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 8,549 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 333 ha in 1963.
- How does Libya rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 33rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.