Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per in Libya
Libya: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per was 0.0012 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per in Libya is 0.0012 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per in Libya peaked at 0.0025 ha per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 ha per person, in 1964.
Libya ranks 14th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0008 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0004 ha per person | -45.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0004 ha per person | -14.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0013 ha per person | +266.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0014 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0014 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0017 ha per person | +21.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0017 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0008 ha per person | -51.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0013 ha per person | +62.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0018 ha per person | +35.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0018 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.002 ha per person | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0019 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0017 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0016 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0015 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0013 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0014 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0015 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0015 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0013 ha per person | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0013 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0016 ha per person | +24.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0018 ha per person | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 0.002 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 ha per person | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0019 ha per person | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0017 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0025 ha per person | +44.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 ha per person | -32.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0016 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0015 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0015 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0015 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0015 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0014 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0013 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0014 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0014 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0013 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0013 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0013 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0012 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.8% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.0012 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0004 ha per person, 2.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.0012 ha per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 3.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +266.8% | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person |
| 1972 | +62.0% | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person |
| 1971 | -51.1% | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
| 2000 | +44.6% | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person |
| 1963 | -45.2% | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person |
| 1973 | +35.5% | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 11 Myanmar 0.0013 ha per person compare
- 12 Kyrgyzstan 0.0013 ha per person compare
- 13 Belarus 0.0013 ha per person compare
- 15 Ukraine 0.0012 ha per person compare
- 16 Bangladesh 0.0012 ha per person compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 0.0011 ha per person compare
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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per in Libya?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per in Libya was 0.0012 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0025 ha per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per person in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per?
- Libya ranks 14th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, per rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.