Grapes — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Grapes — Area harvested was 7,946 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grapes — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grapes — area harvested in Libya is 7,946 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grapes — area harvested in Libya peaked at 8,500 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1965.
That places Libya 58th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Grapes — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,155 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,760 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 2,900 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 2,666 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 2,666 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,639 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 2,531 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 2,546 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 4,359 ha | +74.4% |
| 1973 | 4,564 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 6,352 ha | +39.2% |
| 1975 | 5,870 ha | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 5,990 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 6,777 ha | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 6,255 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 6,650 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 6,160 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 6,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 6,458 ha | +53.8% |
| 1988 | 6,666 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 6,979 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 7,313 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 6,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 7,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 7,550 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 7,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 7,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 7,230 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 8,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 8,350 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 8,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 8,180 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 8,027 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 8,156 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 8,348 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 8,493 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 8,010 ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 8,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 8,168 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 8,140 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 8,155 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,065 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 7,946 ha | -1.5% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 7,946 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,288 ha, 56% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Libya's 7,946 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,380 ha, 95% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grapes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +74.4% | 2,500 ha | 4,359 ha |
| 1987 | +53.8% | 4,200 ha | 6,458 ha |
| 1974 | +39.2% | 4,564 ha | 6,352 ha |
| 1982 | -37.5% | 6,400 ha | 4,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,724 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,155 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,186 ha | 2,500 ha | 6,777 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,276 ha | 3,900 ha | 6,979 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,086 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,923 ha | 7,230 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,236 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,095 ha | 7,946 ha | 8,168 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 grapes — area harvested in Libya?
- Grapes — area harvested in Libya was 7,946 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grapes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest grapes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1965.
- How does Libya rank for grapes — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 58th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grapes — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Grapes — 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.