Olive oil — Production in Libya
Libya: Olive oil — Production was 16,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Libya, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Libya recorded 16,000 t for olive oil — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Libya peaked at 30,000 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1,000 t, in 1971.
Libya ranks 18th of 35 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.
Olive oil — Production in Libya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,589 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 6,158 t | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 3,587 t | -41.8% |
| 1965 | 19,040 t | +430.8% |
| 1966 | 17,628 t | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 19,890 t | +12.8% |
| 1968 | 23,900 t | +20.2% |
| 1969 | 6,417 t | -73.2% |
| 1970 | 13,404 t | +108.9% |
| 1971 | 1,000 t | -92.5% |
| 1972 | 16,544 t | +1554.4% |
| 1973 | 26,000 t | +57.2% |
| 1974 | 18,000 t | -30.8% |
| 1975 | 28,000 t | +55.6% |
| 1976 | 28,629 t | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 7,985 t | -72.1% |
| 1978 | 27,246 t | +241.2% |
| 1979 | 16,000 t | -41.3% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | +87.5% |
| 1981 | 26,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 23,000 t | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 20,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 14,600 t | -27.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 t | +50.7% |
| 1986 | 18,000 t | -18.2% |
| 1987 | 6,200 t | -65.6% |
| 1988 | 6,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 6,700 t | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 7,700 t | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 8,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 8,700 t | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 6,700 t | -23.0% |
| 1994 | 7,500 t | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 5,700 t | -24.0% |
| 1996 | 6,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 8,700 t | +45.0% |
| 1998 | 6,700 t | -23.0% |
| 1999 | 7,700 t | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 6,000 t | -22.1% |
| 2001 | 5,000 t | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 6,800 t | +36.0% |
| 2003 | 13,000 t | +91.2% |
| 2004 | 15,800 t | +21.5% |
| 2005 | 7,900 t | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 9,700 t | +22.8% |
| 2007 | 11,700 t | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 13,700 t | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 15,000 t | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16,000 t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18,000 t | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 16,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 18,000 t | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 17,300 t | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 16,600 t | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 17,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16,500 t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 16,000 t | -3.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 16,000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,588 t, 10.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Libya's 16,000 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,028 t, 64% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olive oil — 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 | +1554.4% | 1,000 t | 16,544 t |
| 1965 | +430.8% | 3,587 t | 19,040 t |
| 1978 | +241.2% | 7,985 t | 27,246 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,245 t | 3,587 t | 23,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,281 t | 1,000 t | 28,629 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,250 t | 6,000 t | 30,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,340 t | 5,700 t | 8,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,460 t | 5,000 t | 15,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,290 t | 15,000 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,625 t | 16,000 t | 17,000 t | 4 |
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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 olive oil — production in Libya?
- Olive oil — production in Libya was 16,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 t in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for olive oil — production?
- Libya ranks 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Olive oil — 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.