Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Libya
Libya: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 19,413 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Libya is 19,413 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Libya peaked at 31,429 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,659 kg/ha, in 1977.
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 — Yield in Libya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,436 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,454 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1967 | 5,385 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 5,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,269 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 5,533 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 5,520 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 5,291 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 5,200 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 5,278 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 4,659 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 4,948 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 5,026 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 5,500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 6,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 7,407 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1983 | 9,231 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 15,556 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1986 | 20,000 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1987 | 23,636 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1988 | 26,667 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 29,231 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 31,429 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 27,692 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 26,667 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 23,636 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 20,000 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 13,750 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1996 | 12,000 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 16,667 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1998 | 18,750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 31,200 kg/ha | +66.4% |
| 2000 | 31,429 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 15,000 kg/ha | -52.3% |
| 2002 | 16,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 19,105 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 19,530 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 19,898 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19,712 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 19,581 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 19,981 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 19,925 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 19,870 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 19,732 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 19,281 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 19,644 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 19,563 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 19,051 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 19,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 19,546 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 19,178 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 18,848 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 19,355 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 19,413 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 19,413 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Libya's 19,413 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +66.4% | 18,750 kg/ha | 31,200 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +55.6% | 10,000 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -52.3% | 31,429 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +38.9% | 12,000 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -31.2% | 20,000 kg/ha | 13,750 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +28.6% | 15,556 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,549 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,206 kg/ha | 4,659 kg/ha | 5,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,323 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 29,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,179 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 31,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,134 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 31,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,563 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 19,981 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,268 kg/ha | 18,848 kg/ha | 19,546 kg/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 — yield in Libya?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Libya was 19,413 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 31,429 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,659 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Libya rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Libya ranks 84th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.