Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 132 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Libya is 132 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Libya peaked at 454 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
Libya ranks 63rd of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 75 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 60 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 75 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 225 ha | +125.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 340 ha | +36.0% |
| 1974 | 454 ha | +33.5% |
| 1975 | 449 ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 442 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 440 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 444 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 330 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 320 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 270 ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 320 ha | +60.0% |
| 1998 | 450 ha | +40.6% |
| 1999 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | -20.5% |
| 2001 | 250 ha | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 199 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 204 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 207 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 192 ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 185 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 185 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 177 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 116 ha | -34.5% |
| 2016 | 159 ha | +37.1% |
| 2017 | 151 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 80 ha | -47.0% |
| 2019 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 150 ha | +87.5% |
| 2021 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 139 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 132 ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 132 ha | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 132 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,258 ha, 10% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Libya's 132 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 845 ha, 16% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +125.0% | 100 ha | 225 ha |
| 2020 | +87.5% | 80 ha | 150 ha |
| 1997 | +60.0% | 200 ha | 320 ha |
| 1967 | +50.0% | 50 ha | 75 ha |
| 2018 | -47.0% | 151 ha | 80 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.67 ha | 50 ha | 75 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 354.4 ha | 100 ha | 454 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 344 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 328 ha | 200 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 220.8 ha | 199 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 153.2 ha | 80 ha | 207 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140.6 ha | 132 ha | 150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 60 Qatar 239 ha compare
- 61 Guyana 228 ha compare
- 62 Trinidad and Tobago 188 ha compare
- 64 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 120 ha compare
- 65 North Macedonia 117 ha compare
- 66 Serbia 101 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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Libya?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Libya was 132 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 454 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 63rd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.