Millet — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Millet — Area harvested was 4,155 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Libya is 4,155 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Libya peaked at 6,300 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 216 ha, in 1971.
That places Libya 56th out of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 216 ha | -87.3% |
| 1972 | 792 ha | +266.7% |
| 1973 | 1,040 ha | +31.3% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +92.3% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1983 | 2,750 ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 3,325 ha | +33.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,380 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 2,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 3,550 ha | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 5,000 ha | +40.8% |
| 1996 | 6,300 ha | +26.0% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 5,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 5,600 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 5,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 4,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 4,500 ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 4,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 5,400 ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 5,671 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 5,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 5,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,560 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,091 ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 4,619 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 4,631 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,459 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 4,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,371 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,330 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,309 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,260 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 4,250 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 4,230 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,173 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 4,155 ha | -0.4% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 4,155 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,746 ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Libya's 4,155 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,327 ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 | +266.7% | 216 ha | 792 ha |
| 1974 | +92.3% | 1,040 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1971 | -87.3% | 1,700 ha | 216 ha |
| 1982 | +42.9% | 2,100 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1995 | +40.8% | 3,550 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1985 | +33.0% | 2,500 ha | 3,325 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,700 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,575 ha | 216 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,658 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,325 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,278 ha | 2,380 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,027 ha | 4,200 ha | 5,671 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,717 ha | 4,309 ha | 5,560 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,214 ha | 4,155 ha | 4,260 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 millet — area harvested in Libya?
- Millet — area harvested in Libya was 4,155 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 6,300 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 216 ha in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for millet — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 56th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. 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 Millet — 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.