Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Libya
Libya: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 6,311 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Libya stood at 6,311 t.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Libya peaked at 12,567 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1,280 t, in 1961.
Libya ranks 47th of 179 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.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Libya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,280 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,455 t | +13.7% |
| 1963 | 1,520 t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 1,482 t | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 1,780 t | +20.1% |
| 1966 | 2,385 t | +34.0% |
| 1967 | 2,725 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 3,288 t | +20.7% |
| 1969 | 4,065 t | +23.6% |
| 1970 | 4,935 t | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 6,052 t | +22.6% |
| 1972 | 6,565 t | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 5,978 t | -8.9% |
| 1974 | 7,042 t | +17.8% |
| 1975 | 6,964 t | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 6,764 t | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 7,855 t | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 10,146 t | +29.2% |
| 1979 | 10,407 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 11,782 t | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 12,306 t | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 11,782 t | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 12,567 t | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 12,404 t | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 9,327 t | -24.8% |
| 1986 | 7,691 t | -17.5% |
| 1987 | 8,073 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 8,727 t | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 6,922 t | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 5,138 t | -25.8% |
| 1991 | 5,204 t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 5,073 t | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 6,415 t | +26.5% |
| 1994 | 5,465 t | -14.8% |
| 1995 | 6,480 t | +18.6% |
| 1996 | 8,836 t | +36.4% |
| 1997 | 6,545 t | -25.9% |
| 1998 | 7,691 t | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 6,545 t | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 5,269 t | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 6,218 t | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 5,269 t | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 5,564 t | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 5,498 t | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5,596 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 5,858 t | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 6,284 t | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 6,382 t | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6,545 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 6,971 t | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 7,036 t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 7,036 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7,044 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,921 t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 6,786 t | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6,754 t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 6,665 t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 6,735 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 6,962 t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 6,659 t | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 6,498 t | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 6,400 t | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 6,416 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,311 t | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,220 t | 1,280 t | 4,065 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,271 t | 4,935 t | 10,407 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,158 t | 6,922 t | 12,567 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,339 t | 5,073 t | 8,836 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,848 t | 5,269 t | 6,545 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,891 t | 6,665 t | 7,044 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,457 t | 6,311 t | 6,659 t | 5 |
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Libya?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Libya was 6,311 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 12,567 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,280 t in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Libya ranks 47th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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 Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — 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.