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 10th out of 63 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.
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 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 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 10th out of 63 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.