Dates — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Dates — Area harvested was 34,578 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Libya, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Libya is 34,578 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Libya peaked at 36,523 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 14,349 ha, in 1991.
Libya ranks 12th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 17,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 20,060 ha | 14,349 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,352 ha | 24,000 ha | 36,523 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,661 ha | 30,459 ha | 32,988 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,769 ha | 32,870 ha | 34,667 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 9 United Arab Emirates 38,921 ha compare
- 10 Sudan 37,065 ha compare
- 11 Sudan (former) 36,288 ha compare
- 13 Oman 27,785 ha compare
- 14 Yemen 14,880 ha compare
- 15 China 12,395 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 12,395 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Libya
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2019)
- Rural population 12.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 901,647 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 721.88 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (1992)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Libya?
- Dates — area harvested in Libya was 34,578 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 36,523 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,349 ha in 1991.
- How does Libya rank for dates — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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 Dates — 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.