Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 2,332 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Libya is 2,332 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Libya peaked at 2,332 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 1966.
That places Libya 42nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | -40.0% |
| 1965 | 90 ha | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 130 ha | +44.4% |
| 1970 | 170 ha | +30.8% |
| 1971 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 240 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +37.5% |
| 1978 | 270 ha | -18.2% |
| 1979 | 340 ha | +25.9% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 290 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 270 ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 230 ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 210 ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 270 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | +37.9% |
| 1992 | 580 ha | +45.0% |
| 1993 | 725 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 930 ha | +28.3% |
| 1995 | 1,050 ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 1,230 ha | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,235 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,382 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1,550 ha | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 1,650 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,774 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 1,557 ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 1,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,698 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1,743 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1,849 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1,883 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,925 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,969 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,017 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,066 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 2,110 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 2,120 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,160 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,030 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 2,080 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,112 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,306 ha | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 2,332 ha | +1.1% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 2,332 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Libya's 2,332 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,465 ha, 95% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135.56 ha | 80 ha | 220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 216 ha | 150 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 285 ha | 210 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 894 ha | 290 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,566 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,774 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,984 ha | 1,743 ha | 2,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,172 ha | 2,030 ha | 2,332 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Libya?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Libya was 2,332 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 2,332 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 1966.
- How does Libya rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 42nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.