Olives — Production in Libya
Libya: Olives — Production was 128,893 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Production in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — production in Libya is 128,893 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — production in Libya peaked at 275,000 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6,000 t, in 1971.
Libya ranks 18th of 63 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,975 t | 18,600 t | 143,109 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 100,954 t | 6,000 t | 155,096 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 115,734 t | 58,002 t | 160,983 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 152,668 t | 67,998 t | 275,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 170,438 t | 150,000 t | 181,118 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 171,227 t | 140,180 t | 187,310 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,216 t | 128,893 t | 173,260 t | 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 — production in Libya?
- Olives — production in Libya was 128,893 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 275,000 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest olives — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 t in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for olives — production?
- Libya ranks 18th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. 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 — 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.