Olives — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Olives — Area harvested was 185,238 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Libya, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Libya stood at 185,238 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Libya peaked at 253,467 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1987.
That places Libya 8th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 62,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 60,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 62,247 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 65,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 160,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 2000 | 130,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 100,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 135,402 ha | +35.4% |
| 2004 | 200,000 ha | +47.7% |
| 2005 | 195,147 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 200,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 205,150 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 227,602 ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 234,277 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 241,106 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 251,558 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 253,467 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 224,513 ha | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 243,179 ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 245,452 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 204,510 ha | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 205,940 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 238,760 ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 235,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 228,473 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 207,252 ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 185,238 ha | -10.6% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 185,238 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 26.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Libya's 185,238 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 3.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +47.7% | 135,402 ha | 200,000 ha |
| 1999 | +45.5% | 110,000 ha | 160,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60,800 ha | 60,000 ha | 62,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 92,725 ha | 62,247 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166,570 ha | 100,000 ha | 205,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 233,160 ha | 204,510 ha | 253,467 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,045 ha | 185,238 ha | 238,760 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
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 olives — area harvested in Libya?
- Olives — area harvested in Libya was 185,238 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 253,467 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1987.
- How does Libya rank for olives — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 8th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. 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 Olives — 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.