Vegetables Primary — Production in Libya
Libya: Vegetables Primary — Production was 694,071 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Libya stood at 694,071 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Libya peaked at 696,766 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 53,670 t, in 1961.
That places Libya 89th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Libya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,670 t | — |
| 1962 | 66,170 t | +23.3% |
| 1963 | 59,270 t | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 74,050 t | +24.9% |
| 1965 | 94,292 t | +27.3% |
| 1966 | 103,526 t | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 120,526 t | +16.4% |
| 1968 | 134,702 t | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 161,287 t | +19.7% |
| 1970 | 173,034 t | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 179,619 t | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 236,508 t | +31.7% |
| 1973 | 272,590 t | +15.3% |
| 1974 | 284,790 t | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 315,949 t | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 335,804 t | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 293,754 t | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 309,654 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 321,553 t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 371,342 t | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 345,250 t | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 383,186 t | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 421,691 t | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 450,571 t | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 443,200 t | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 441,500 t | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 434,800 t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 446,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 466,035 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 481,560 t | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 499,600 t | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 475,600 t | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 487,400 t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 505,900 t | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 531,388 t | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 539,270 t | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 611,400 t | +13.4% |
| 1998 | 597,600 t | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 639,980 t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 652,790 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 575,185 t | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 600,335 t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 610,473 t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 607,744 t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 605,486 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 575,529 t | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 629,215 t | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 632,802 t | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 648,855 t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 652,469 t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 655,266 t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 678,629 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 675,592 t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 680,419 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 677,740 t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 680,455 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 674,884 t | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 687,883 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 692,759 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 688,550 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 690,813 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 696,624 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 696,766 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 694,071 t | -0.4% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 694,071 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 725,190 t, 96% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Libya's 694,071 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.04 million t, 67% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 | +31.7% | 179,619 t | 236,508 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96,388 t | 53,670 t | 161,287 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 272,326 t | 173,034 t | 335,804 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 420,438 t | 345,250 t | 466,035 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 536,970 t | 475,600 t | 639,980 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 613,841 t | 575,185 t | 652,790 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 675,610 t | 652,469 t | 692,759 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 693,365 t | 688,550 t | 696,766 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
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 vegetables primary — production in Libya?
- Vegetables primary — production in Libya was 694,071 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 696,766 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,670 t in 1961.
- How does Libya rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Libya ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.