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 11th of 37 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.
Dates — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 17,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 17,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,718 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 14,349 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 14,532 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | +23.9% |
| 1994 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 28,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 36,523 ha | +30.4% |
| 2003 | 28,000 ha | -23.3% |
| 2004 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 26,713 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 28,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28,286 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 30,732 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 30,459 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 30,818 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 31,177 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 31,358 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 31,987 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 32,513 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 32,988 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 32,180 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 32,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 32,870 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 33,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 33,581 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 34,667 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 34,578 ha | -0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 34,578 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,495 ha, 7.7× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Libya's 34,578 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +30.4% | 28,000 ha | 36,523 ha |
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
- 8 United Arab Emirates 38,921 ha compare
- 9 Sudan 37,065 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 36,288 ha compare
- 12 Oman 27,785 ha compare
- 13 Yemen 14,880 ha compare
- 14 China 12,395 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 12,395 ha compare
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 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 11th out of 37 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.