Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 8,080 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Libya is 8,080 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Libya peaked at 13,500 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,684 ha, in 1970.
Libya ranks 147th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,844 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,345 ha | 4,684 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,076 ha | 6,857 ha | 7,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,558 ha | 7,300 ha | 11,177 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,406 ha | 9,500 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,638 ha | 8,750 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,149 ha | 8,080 ha | 9,800 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Libya
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2019)
- Rural population 12.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 901,647 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 721.88 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (1992)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Libya?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Libya was 8,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,684 ha in 1970.
- How does Libya rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 147th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.