Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 193,318 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 193,318 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Libya peaked at 263,467 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4,884 ha, in 1970.
Libya ranks 88th of 202 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,344 ha | 5,500 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,433 ha | 4,884 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,476 ha | 6,857 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,282 ha | 69,647 ha | 171,177 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 177,976 ha | 111,995 ha | 214,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 242,798 ha | 213,460 ha | 263,467 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 228,194 ha | 193,318 ha | 248,330 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Libya?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Libya was 193,318 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 263,467 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,884 ha in 1970.
- How does Libya rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 88th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil 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.