Raw milk of cattle — Production in Libya
Libya: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 141,084 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Libya recorded 141,084 t for raw milk of cattle — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Libya peaked at 152,508 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10,396 t, in 1961.
Libya ranks 127th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Libya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,396 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,514 t | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 10,630 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 10,756 t | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 10,863 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 10,996 t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 11,622 t | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 12,596 t | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 11,775 t | -6.5% |
| 1970 | 13,484 t | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 18,408 t | +36.5% |
| 1972 | 30,654 t | +66.5% |
| 1973 | 35,017 t | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 43,584 t | +24.5% |
| 1975 | 56,900 t | +30.6% |
| 1976 | 58,700 t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 51,580 t | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 54,490 t | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 60,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 62,400 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 66,204 t | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 61,615 t | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 74,500 t | +20.9% |
| 1984 | 74,600 t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 75,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 76,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 76,500 t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 82,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 96,000 t | +17.1% |
| 1990 | 102,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 100,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 95,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 90,000 t | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 95,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 98,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 105,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 118,000 t | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 128,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 125,000 t | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 92,686 t | -25.9% |
| 2001 | 92,745 t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 130,000 t | +40.2% |
| 2003 | 97,033 t | -25.4% |
| 2004 | 101,976 t | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 105,075 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 126,039 t | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 126,118 t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 126,197 t | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 151,702 t | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 141,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 143,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 145,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 140,000 t | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 136,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 136,396 t | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 137,345 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 138,036 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 150,002 t | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 152,508 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 145,647 t | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 135,560 t | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 144,644 t | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 142,232 t | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 141,084 t | -0.8% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 141,084 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 485,036 t, 29% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Libya's 141,084 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 241,210 t, 58% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +66.5% | 18,408 t | 30,654 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,128 t | 10,396 t | 12,596 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,282 t | 13,484 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,482 t | 61,615 t | 96,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 105,600 t | 90,000 t | 128,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 114,957 t | 92,686 t | 151,702 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 141,929 t | 136,000 t | 152,508 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 141,833 t | 135,560 t | 145,647 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 124 Montenegro 151,860 t compare
- 125 Mauritania 150,883 t compare
- 126 Benin 149,567 t compare
- 128 Eritrea 120,000 t compare
- 129 Namibia 111,002 t compare
- 130 Central African Republic 83,107 t 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 raw milk of cattle — production in Libya?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Libya was 141,084 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 152,508 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,396 t in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Libya ranks 127th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — 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.