Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 8,576 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Libya is 8,576 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Libya peaked at 8,680 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1964.
Libya ranks 65th of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,780 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 1965 | 1,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 1,312 ha | +31.2% |
| 1968 | 1,965 ha | +49.8% |
| 1969 | 1,800 ha | -8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,640 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 2,050 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 2,280 ha | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 1,730 ha | -24.1% |
| 1974 | 2,320 ha | +34.1% |
| 1975 | 2,310 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 3,130 ha | +35.5% |
| 1977 | 4,250 ha | +35.8% |
| 1978 | 3,170 ha | -25.4% |
| 1979 | 4,290 ha | +35.3% |
| 1980 | 5,380 ha | +25.4% |
| 1981 | 8,120 ha | +50.9% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 6,030 ha | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 6,490 ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 6,820 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 6,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 7,010 ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 7,780 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 8,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 8,680 ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 8,330 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 7,560 ha | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 6,805 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 6,580 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 6,200 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 6,130 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,149 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,275 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 6,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 6,510 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 6,611 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 6,604 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 6,788 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 7,152 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 7,101 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 6,829 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 7,063 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 7,146 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 7,259 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 7,324 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 7,637 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 7,863 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 8,079 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 8,303 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 7,957 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 8,227 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 8,337 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 8,290 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 8,390 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 8,350 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 8,380 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 8,411 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 8,492 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 8,576 ha | +1.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 8,576 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Libya's 8,576 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,576 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +50.9% | 5,380 ha | 8,120 ha |
| 1968 | +49.8% | 1,312 ha | 1,965 ha |
| 1964 | -41.2% | 1,700 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,469 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,965 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,717 ha | 1,640 ha | 4,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,973 ha | 5,380 ha | 8,120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,911 ha | 6,130 ha | 8,680 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,906 ha | 6,510 ha | 7,259 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,041 ha | 7,324 ha | 8,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,442 ha | 8,350 ha | 8,576 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Libya?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Libya was 8,576 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 8,680 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 65th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.