Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 249,794 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Libya is 249,794 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Libya peaked at 719,036 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 215,738 ha, in 1995.
Libya ranks 114th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 489,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 563,000 ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 503,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 503,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 455,069 ha | -9.5% |
| 1966 | 498,997 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 598,108 ha | +19.9% |
| 1968 | 631,341 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 629,299 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 375,537 ha | -40.3% |
| 1971 | 221,062 ha | -41.1% |
| 1972 | 275,546 ha | +24.6% |
| 1973 | 437,084 ha | +58.6% |
| 1974 | 469,483 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 571,905 ha | +21.8% |
| 1976 | 719,036 ha | +25.7% |
| 1977 | 386,140 ha | -46.3% |
| 1978 | 687,232 ha | +78.0% |
| 1979 | 607,010 ha | -11.7% |
| 1980 | 555,230 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 450,280 ha | -18.9% |
| 1982 | 380,480 ha | -15.5% |
| 1983 | 551,730 ha | +45.0% |
| 1984 | 474,480 ha | -14.0% |
| 1985 | 394,225 ha | -16.9% |
| 1986 | 423,800 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 444,559 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 429,186 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 483,517 ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 404,060 ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 368,050 ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 310,683 ha | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 258,651 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 244,256 ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 215,738 ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 235,680 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 246,400 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 301,400 ha | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 326,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 347,794 ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 351,639 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 343,366 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 349,496 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 352,353 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 375,080 ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 342,860 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 343,131 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 342,925 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 339,590 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 363,548 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 414,184 ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 452,726 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 460,852 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 456,480 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 382,691 ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 446,754 ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 309,919 ha | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 410,781 ha | +32.5% |
| 2019 | 323,079 ha | -21.4% |
| 2020 | 311,427 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 311,059 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 312,285 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 309,380 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 249,794 ha | -19.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 249,794 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 70% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Libya's 249,794 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 148,486 ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 541,202 ha | 455,069 ha | 631,341 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 475,004 ha | 221,062 ha | 719,036 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 458,749 ha | 380,480 ha | 555,230 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 291,112 ha | 215,738 ha | 404,060 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 348,823 ha | 339,590 ha | 375,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 402,101 ha | 309,919 ha | 460,852 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 298,789 ha | 249,794 ha | 312,285 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 111 Belgium 281,940 ha compare
- 112 Norway 279,979 ha compare
- 113 Ireland 258,930 ha compare
- 115 Guinea-Bissau 242,659 ha compare
- 116 Dominican Republic 235,617 ha compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 230,134 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Libya?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Libya was 249,794 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 719,036 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 215,738 ha in 1995.
- How does Libya rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 114th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.