Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Libya
Libya: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 32,167 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Libya recorded 32,167 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Libya peaked at 66,194 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4,872 t, in 1971.
Libya ranks 113th of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Libya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,317 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,525 t | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 11,897 t | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 8,736 t | -26.6% |
| 1965 | 26,458 t | +202.9% |
| 1966 | 24,587 t | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 34,143 t | +38.9% |
| 1968 | 35,365 t | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 10,547 t | -70.2% |
| 1970 | 19,352 t | +83.5% |
| 1971 | 4,872 t | -74.8% |
| 1972 | 25,105 t | +415.3% |
| 1973 | 36,149 t | +44.0% |
| 1974 | 24,598 t | -32.0% |
| 1975 | 36,953 t | +50.2% |
| 1976 | 37,937 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 13,130 t | -65.4% |
| 1978 | 35,370 t | +169.4% |
| 1979 | 26,500 t | -25.1% |
| 1980 | 39,376 t | +48.6% |
| 1981 | 37,956 t | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 35,360 t | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 35,880 t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 30,952 t | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 32,360 t | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 30,600 t | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 16,960 t | -44.6% |
| 1988 | 17,891 t | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 18,590 t | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 19,280 t | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 21,950 t | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 26,200 t | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 30,690 t | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 35,150 t | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 41,460 t | +18.0% |
| 1996 | 45,440 t | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 46,600 t | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 49,400 t | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 66,194 t | +34.0% |
| 2000 | 42,300 t | -36.1% |
| 2001 | 39,230 t | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 39,600 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 44,023 t | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 46,500 t | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 47,646 t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 46,500 t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 46,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 46,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 45,396 t | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 45,572 t | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 46,308 t | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 45,789 t | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 45,968 t | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 44,847 t | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 40,837 t | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 43,763 t | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 43,465 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 35,301 t | -18.8% |
| 2019 | 34,761 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 42,967 t | +23.6% |
| 2021 | 43,049 t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 41,808 t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 35,611 t | -14.8% |
| 2024 | 32,167 t | -9.7% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 32,167 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32,575 t, 99% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Libya's 32,167 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,226 t, 94% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 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 | +415.3% | 4,872 t | 25,105 t |
| 1965 | +202.9% | 8,736 t | 26,458 t |
| 1978 | +169.4% | 13,130 t | 35,370 t |
| 1970 | +83.5% | 10,547 t | 19,352 t |
| 1971 | -74.8% | 19,352 t | 4,872 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,620 t | 8,736 t | 35,365 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,997 t | 4,872 t | 37,937 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,593 t | 16,960 t | 39,376 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,236 t | 19,280 t | 66,194 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,419 t | 39,230 t | 47,646 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,661 t | 34,761 t | 46,308 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,121 t | 32,167 t | 43,049 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Libya
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2749 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.06 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Libya?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Libya was 32,167 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 66,194 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,872 t in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Libya ranks 113th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production. 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.