Green garlic — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Green garlic — Area harvested was 866 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green garlic — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 866 ha for green garlic — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in Libya peaked at 866 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1965.
Libya ranks 55th of 102 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.
Green garlic — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5 ha | -37.5% |
| 1963 | 8 ha | +60.0% |
| 1964 | 25 ha | +212.5% |
| 1965 | 3 ha | -88.0% |
| 1966 | 11 ha | +266.7% |
| 1967 | 16 ha | +45.5% |
| 1968 | 21 ha | +31.2% |
| 1969 | 58 ha | +176.2% |
| 1970 | 64 ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 177 ha | +176.6% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +126.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 230 ha | -42.5% |
| 1975 | 190 ha | -17.4% |
| 1976 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 272 ha | +29.5% |
| 1978 | 238 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 230 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 347 ha | +15.7% |
| 1983 | 401 ha | +15.6% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +24.7% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 570 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 450 ha | -21.1% |
| 1995 | 503 ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 516 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 601 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 612 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 630 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 685 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 700 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 728 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 850 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 797 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 782 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 793 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 804 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 815 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 810 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 820 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 820 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 844 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 856 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 858 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 866 ha | +0.9% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 866 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,278 ha, 68% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Libya's 866 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 462 ha, 1.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green garlic — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +266.7% | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 1964 | +212.5% | 8 ha | 25 ha |
| 1971 | +176.6% | 64 ha | 177 ha |
| 1969 | +176.2% | 21 ha | 58 ha |
| 1972 | +126.0% | 177 ha | 400 ha |
| 1965 | -88.0% | 25 ha | 3 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.22 ha | 3 ha | 58 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 241.1 ha | 64 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 428.8 ha | 240 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 518.9 ha | 450 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 639.8 ha | 601 ha | 685 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 789.9 ha | 700 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 848.8 ha | 820 ha | 866 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 52 Canada 924 ha compare
- 53 Portugal 910 ha compare
- 54 North Macedonia 878 ha compare
- 56 Ecuador 858 ha compare
- 57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 832 ha compare
- 58 Australia and New Zealand 773 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 green garlic — area harvested in Libya?
- Green garlic — area harvested in Libya was 866 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 866 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1965.
- How does Libya rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 55th out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Green garlic — 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.