Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 601 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 601 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Libya peaked at 1,051 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 339 ha, in 1978.
That places Libya 82nd out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 820 ha | — |
| 1962 | 803 ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 963 ha | +19.9% |
| 1964 | 801 ha | -16.8% |
| 1965 | 917 ha | +14.5% |
| 1966 | 977 ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 998 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 1,051 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 852 ha | -18.9% |
| 1970 | 834 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 728 ha | -12.7% |
| 1972 | 692 ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 667 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 663 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 738 ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 750 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 795 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 339 ha | -57.4% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 420 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 450 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 465 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 480 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 490 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 498 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 550 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 610 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 660 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 682 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 700 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 704 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 699 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 697 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 698 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 700 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 703 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 707 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 700 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 662 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 625 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 625 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 625 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 623 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 616 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 609 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 590 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 580 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 610 ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 614 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 606 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 601 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 909.11 ha | 801 ha | 1,051 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 660.6 ha | 339 ha | 834 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 417 ha | 380 ha | 465 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 563.8 ha | 480 ha | 660 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 700 ha | 682 ha | 710 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 625.5 ha | 580 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 608.2 ha | 601 ha | 614 ha | 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)
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Libya?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Libya was 601 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,051 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 339 ha in 1978.
- How does Libya rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 82nd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.