Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 137 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 137 ha for chick peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Libya peaked at 1,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2019.
That places Libya 47th out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1971 | 473 ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 584 ha | +23.5% |
| 1973 | 405 ha | -30.7% |
| 1974 | 411 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 510 ha | +24.1% |
| 1976 | 519 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 375 ha | -27.7% |
| 1978 | 450 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 420 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 370 ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 340 ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | -11.8% |
| 1986 | 290 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 210 ha | -16.0% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 156 ha | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 180 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 250 ha | +38.9% |
| 1993 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 310 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 320 ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 348 ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 320 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 309 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 305 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 297 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 250 ha | -15.8% |
| 2015 | 156 ha | -37.6% |
| 2016 | 234 ha | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 213 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 60 ha | -71.8% |
| 2019 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 210 ha | +320.0% |
| 2021 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 225 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 144 ha | -36.0% |
| 2024 | 137 ha | -4.9% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 137 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 773.5 ha, 18% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Libya's 137 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 7% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +320.0% | 50 ha | 210 ha |
| 2018 | -71.8% | 213 ha | 60 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644.44 ha | 400 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 467.7 ha | 375 ha | 584 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 312 ha | 180 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 253.6 ha | 156 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 329.3 ha | 320 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 219.9 ha | 50 ha | 325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 185.2 ha | 137 ha | 225 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Libya?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Libya was 137 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2019.
- How does Libya rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 47th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.2%. 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 Chick peas, 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.