Tomatoes — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 10,872 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 10,872 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Libya peaked at 16,600 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
Libya ranks 50th of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,591 ha | +14.8% |
| 1963 | 4,364 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 5,250 ha | +20.3% |
| 1965 | 5,787 ha | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 6,144 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 6,712 ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 10,281 ha | +14.2% |
| 1972 | 15,765 ha | +53.3% |
| 1973 | 14,640 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 14,579 ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 15,612 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 15,654 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 12,246 ha | -21.8% |
| 1978 | 14,175 ha | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 14,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 16,600 ha | +14.5% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | -27.7% |
| 1982 | 13,286 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 14,253 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 14,246 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 9,400 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 11,200 ha | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 10,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 8,130 ha | -22.6% |
| 1996 | 9,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1999 | 8,960 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 16,500 ha | +84.2% |
| 2001 | 8,000 ha | -51.5% |
| 2002 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 10,293 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 10,124 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 10,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 10,120 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 10,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 10,279 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 10,282 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10,371 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 10,401 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 10,348 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 10,409 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 10,352 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 10,469 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 10,510 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 10,540 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 10,460 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,530 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10,627 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 10,767 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 10,872 ha | +1.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 10,872 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Libya's 10,872 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,558 ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +84.2% | 8,960 ha | 16,500 ha |
| 1972 | +53.3% | 10,281 ha | 15,765 ha |
| 2001 | -51.5% | 16,500 ha | 8,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,816 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,645 ha | 9,000 ha | 15,765 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,228 ha | 9,400 ha | 16,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,129 ha | 8,130 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,568 ha | 8,000 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,396 ha | 10,279 ha | 10,540 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,651 ha | 10,460 ha | 10,872 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Libya?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Libya was 10,872 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 16,600 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 50th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.