Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Libya
Libya: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,039 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 2,039 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Libya peaked at 2,653 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 897.6 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Libya 52nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Libya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,360 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,412 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 908.6 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1964 | 897.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,300 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1966 | 1,662 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1967 | 1,341 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1968 | 1,477 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 1,661 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 1,936 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1971 | 1,716 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 1,741 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,450 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 1,621 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 1,839 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 1,937 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 2,036 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 2,180 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 2,250 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 2,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,368 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 2,390 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 2,436 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 2,425 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,381 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 2,381 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,444 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 2,581 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 2,604 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 2,653 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 2,500 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 2,412 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 2,273 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 2,167 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 2,197 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 2,177 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 2,222 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 2,273 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 2,200 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,143 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 2,114 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 2,130 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,146 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,139 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,132 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,124 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,118 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,110 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,103 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,096 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,089 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,082 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,070 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,061 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,070 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,049 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,068 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,052 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,066 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,082 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,092 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,034 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 2,039 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 2,039 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,027 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Libya's 2,039 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,546 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +44.8% | 897.6 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -35.7% | 1,412 kg/ha | 908.6 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +27.9% | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,662 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,335 kg/ha | 897.6 kg/ha | 1,662 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,871 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,416 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 2,581 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,348 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 2,653 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,135 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,074 kg/ha | 2,049 kg/ha | 2,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,062 kg/ha | 2,034 kg/ha | 2,092 kg/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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Libya?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Libya was 2,039 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 2,653 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 897.6 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Libya ranks 52nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield. 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.