Oranges — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Oranges — Area harvested was 5,253 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 5,253 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Libya peaked at 8,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1964.
That places Libya 52nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 1,350 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | -40.7% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,850 ha | +54.2% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,700 ha | +35.0% |
| 1977 | 3,700 ha | +37.0% |
| 1978 | 2,700 ha | -27.0% |
| 1979 | 3,700 ha | +37.0% |
| 1980 | 4,700 ha | +27.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | +59.6% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 7,200 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1993 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 4,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 4,050 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 4,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 4,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 4,263 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,234 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 4,226 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 4,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 4,359 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 4,443 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 4,526 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 4,586 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 4,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 4,810 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 5,173 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 5,345 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 4,943 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 5,154 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 5,212 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,170 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 5,230 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,330 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 5,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,292 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,192 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 5,253 ha | +1.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 5,253 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Libya's 5,253 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,968 ha, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +59.6% | 4,700 ha | 7,500 ha |
| 1968 | +54.2% | 1,200 ha | 1,850 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 ha | 800 ha | 1,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,350 ha | 1,400 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,420 ha | 4,700 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,320 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,354 ha | 4,200 ha | 4,586 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,064 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,345 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,273 ha | 5,192 ha | 5,330 ha | 5 |
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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 oranges — area harvested in Libya?
- Oranges — area harvested in Libya was 5,253 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 52nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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 Oranges — 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.