Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 10,654 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Libya, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 10,654 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Libya peaked at 10,738 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,450 ha, in 1982.
That places Libya 25th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2,450 ha | — |
| 1983 | 2,950 ha | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 2,970 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 3,050 ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 3,450 ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 3,850 ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 4,250 ha | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 4,550 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 4,750 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 4,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 4,858 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 5,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 5,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 5,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 5,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 6,150 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 6,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 6,363 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 6,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 6,527 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 6,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 6,990 ha | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 7,359 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 7,837 ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 8,005 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 8,156 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 8,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 8,637 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 9,382 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 9,628 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 9,817 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 10,041 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 10,295 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 10,547 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 10,605 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 10,738 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 10,630 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 10,658 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,675 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,654 ha | -0.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 10,654 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,954 ha, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Libya's 10,654 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,393 ha, 3.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,440 ha | 2,450 ha | 4,550 ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 5,431 ha | 4,750 ha | 6,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,004 ha | 6,200 ha | 8,156 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,645 ha | 8,500 ha | 10,605 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,671 ha | 10,630 ha | 10,738 ha | 5 |
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- 22 Mexico 10,910 ha compare
- 23 Tajikistan 10,766 ha compare
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- 27 Georgia 9,328 ha compare
- 28 North Macedonia 9,261 ha 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Libya?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Libya was 10,654 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 10,738 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,450 ha in 1982.
- How does Libya rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 25th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Plums and sloes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.