Wheat — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Wheat — Area harvested was 117,228 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Libya is 117,228 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 31.4% on the previous year and down 54.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Libya peaked at 296,600 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 53,490 ha, in 1971.
Libya ranks 66th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 106,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160,000 ha | +50.9% |
| 1963 | 150,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 179,946 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 194,935 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 229,556 ha | +17.8% |
| 1968 | 227,790 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 269,237 ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 156,735 ha | -41.8% |
| 1971 | 53,490 ha | -65.9% |
| 1972 | 109,737 ha | +105.2% |
| 1973 | 148,949 ha | +35.7% |
| 1974 | 132,681 ha | -10.9% |
| 1975 | 200,500 ha | +51.1% |
| 1976 | 296,600 ha | +47.9% |
| 1977 | 201,839 ha | -31.9% |
| 1978 | 266,180 ha | +31.9% |
| 1979 | 264,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 272,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 215,700 ha | -20.7% |
| 1982 | 242,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 248,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 257,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 200,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1986 | 220,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 191,491 ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 193,093 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 228,482 ha | +18.3% |
| 1990 | 104,538 ha | -54.2% |
| 1991 | 105,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 122,531 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 150,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 1994 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 155,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 165,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 160,594 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 165,139 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 159,795 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 163,996 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 162,653 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 165,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 132,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 132,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 132,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 133,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 170,148 ha | +27.9% |
| 2011 | 214,745 ha | +26.2% |
| 2012 | 254,596 ha | +18.6% |
| 2013 | 254,783 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 258,888 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 208,819 ha | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 263,598 ha | +26.2% |
| 2017 | 185,928 ha | -29.5% |
| 2018 | 266,939 ha | +43.6% |
| 2019 | 180,940 ha | -32.2% |
| 2020 | 168,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 168,770 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 169,762 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 170,929 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 117,228 ha | -31.4% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 117,228 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 37% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Libya's 117,228 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +105.2% | 53,490 ha | 109,737 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185,274 ha | 106,000 ha | 269,237 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 183,071 ha | 53,490 ha | 296,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 226,777 ha | 191,491 ha | 272,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 144,707 ha | 104,538 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 150,618 ha | 132,000 ha | 165,139 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225,938 ha | 170,148 ha | 266,939 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 159,038 ha | 117,228 ha | 170,929 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 wheat — area harvested in Libya?
- Wheat — area harvested in Libya was 117,228 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 296,600 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,490 ha in 1971.
- How does Libya rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 66th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.