Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 247 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Libya is 247 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.3% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Libya peaked at 900 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 32 ha, in 1962.
That places Libya 84th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32 ha | -17.9% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55 ha | +37.5% |
| 1967 | 65 ha | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 75 ha | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 130 ha | +73.3% |
| 1972 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 165 ha | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 180 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 214 ha | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 194 ha | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 190 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 325 ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 400 ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 564 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 563 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 603 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 600 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 625 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 485 ha | -22.4% |
| 2012 | 473 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 473 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 470 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 409 ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 451 ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 443 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 390 ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 440 ha | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 438 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 295 ha | -32.6% |
| 2024 | 247 ha | -16.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 247 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,735 ha, 14% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Libya's 247 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,330 ha, 19% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.22 ha | 32 ha | 75 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 167.8 ha | 75 ha | 214 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 419.5 ha | 200 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 620 ha | 400 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 615 ha | 563 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 460.9 ha | 390 ha | 625 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 374 ha | 247 ha | 450 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 cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Libya?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Libya was 247 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 900 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 ha in 1962.
- How does Libya rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 84th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.