Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 18,676 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Libya is 18,676 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Libya peaked at 19,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1970.
Libya ranks 105th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,250 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 3,439 ha | +129.3% |
| 1972 | 10,314 ha | +199.9% |
| 1973 | 15,600 ha | +51.3% |
| 1974 | 15,929 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 18,963 ha | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 13,895 ha | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 16,562 ha | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 16,185 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 1980 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 17,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 18,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 19,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 11,832 ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 10,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 5,530 ha | -44.7% |
| 2000 | 9,500 ha | +71.8% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,709 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 15,860 ha | +58.6% |
| 2006 | 15,350 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,440 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 15,371 ha | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 18,600 ha | +21.0% |
| 2012 | 19,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 15,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 14,128 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 16,970 ha | +20.1% |
| 2016 | 17,235 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 16,111 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 17,910 ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 18,150 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 18,410 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 16,670 ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 16,752 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 18,664 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 18,676 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,394 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,639 ha | 1,500 ha | 18,963 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,650 ha | 14,500 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,856 ha | 5,530 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,486 ha | 9,500 ha | 15,860 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,848 ha | 14,128 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,834 ha | 16,670 ha | 18,676 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Libya?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Libya was 18,676 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1970.
- How does Libya rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.