Dates — Yield in Libya
Libya: Dates — Yield was 5,409 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Libya, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Libya is 5,409 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Libya peaked at 7,143 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,533 kg/ha, in 1987.
Libya ranks 21st 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 — Yield in Libya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5,257 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 5,543 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 4,533 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 4,667 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 4,800 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 4,708 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 5,227 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 5,230 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,278 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 5,250 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 5,682 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 5,208 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 5,124 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 4,963 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,476 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 7,143 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2004 | 5,357 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 5,453 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 5,357 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 5,357 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,357 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,431 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 5,417 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5,383 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 5,378 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 5,372 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 5,420 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,419 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,433 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,442 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,397 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 5,397 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,404 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,417 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5,431 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,424 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,409 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 5,409 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,190 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Libya's 5,409 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +30.4% | 5,476 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -25.0% | 7,143 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,960 kg/ha | 4,533 kg/ha | 5,543 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 5,167 kg/ha | 4,708 kg/ha | 5,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,493 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,406 kg/ha | 5,372 kg/ha | 5,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,417 kg/ha | 5,404 kg/ha | 5,431 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
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 — yield in Libya?
- Dates — yield in Libya was 5,409 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 7,143 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,533 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Libya rank for dates — yield?
- Libya ranks 21st out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.