Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 4,372 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Libya stood at 4,372 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Libya peaked at 12,902 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2,941 ha, in 1971.
That places Libya 132nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,100 ha | -14.1% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 5,100 ha | -17.7% |
| 1965 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,460 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 5,540 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6,245 ha | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 6,650 ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 6,057 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 2,941 ha | -51.4% |
| 1972 | 3,880 ha | +31.9% |
| 1973 | 5,357 ha | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 6,142 ha | +14.7% |
| 1975 | 6,702 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 6,999 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 7,156 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 7,083 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 7,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 8,170 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 8,470 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 8,905 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 9,235 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 9,315 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 9,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 9,830 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 10,310 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 9,060 ha | -12.1% |
| 1989 | 9,470 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 10,486 ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 11,595 ha | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 12,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 12,225 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 12,565 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 12,902 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 10,492 ha | -18.7% |
| 1997 | 9,810 ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 9,235 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 8,648 ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 8,080 ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 7,479 ha | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 6,943 ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 6,237 ha | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 5,290 ha | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 4,987 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 4,890 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 4,890 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,890 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,020 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 5,231 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 4,453 ha | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 4,371 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 4,293 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 4,210 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 4,239 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,333 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 4,348 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,138 ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 4,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,380 ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 4,430 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,464 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,389 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 4,372 ha | -0.4% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 4,372 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 24% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Libya's 4,372 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,292 ha, 53% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -51.4% | 6,057 ha | 2,941 ha |
| 1973 | +38.1% | 3,880 ha | 5,357 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,944 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,992 ha | 2,941 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,226 ha | 8,170 ha | 10,310 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,006 ha | 8,648 ha | 12,902 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,871 ha | 4,890 ha | 8,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,372 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,231 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,407 ha | 4,372 ha | 4,464 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Libya?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Libya was 4,372 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 12,902 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,941 ha in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 132nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.