Lemons and limes — Yield in Libya
Libya: Lemons and limes — Yield was 10,312 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Yield in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 10,312 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Libya peaked at 13,475 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 10,215 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Libya 63rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Libya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,085 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,877 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 13,095 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 12,800 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 12,322 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 13,475 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 12,433 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 12,256 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 12,762 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 12,788 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 12,424 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 12,900 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 11,940 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 12,529 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 12,469 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 11,504 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 11,576 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 11,367 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 11,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 12,175 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 11,429 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 11,667 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 11,379 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 11,111 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 11,600 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 11,739 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 11,905 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 11,111 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 11,429 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 11,724 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 11,250 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 10,345 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 11,034 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 10,215 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 10,476 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 10,244 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 10,250 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 10,648 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 10,385 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 10,370 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 10,370 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,357 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 10,323 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 10,303 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 10,285 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 10,278 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 10,303 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 10,303 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,248 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 10,263 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 10,320 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 10,324 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10,328 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,286 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 10,309 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 10,284 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 10,277 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 10,354 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 10,356 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,291 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 10,269 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 10,277 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 10,293 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,312 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 10,312 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Libya's 10,312 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,789 kg/ha | 12,256 kg/ha | 13,475 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,100 kg/ha | 11,367 kg/ha | 12,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,554 kg/ha | 11,111 kg/ha | 12,175 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,657 kg/ha | 10,215 kg/ha | 11,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,314 kg/ha | 10,248 kg/ha | 10,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,310 kg/ha | 10,263 kg/ha | 10,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,288 kg/ha | 10,269 kg/ha | 10,312 kg/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 lemons and limes — yield in Libya?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Libya was 10,312 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 13,475 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,215 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Libya rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Libya ranks 63rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.