Watermelons — Area harvested in Libya
Libya: Watermelons — Area harvested was 19,623 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Libya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Libya is 19,623 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Libya peaked at 20,062 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,308 ha, in 1964.
That places Libya 30th out of 143 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,488 ha | 1,308 ha | 2,043 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,192 ha | 1,500 ha | 14,015 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,895 ha | 6,962 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,277 ha | 11,000 ha | 13,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,156 ha | 12,531 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,858 ha | 16,802 ha | 19,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,177 ha | 17,920 ha | 20,062 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 27 Spain 21,840 ha compare
- 28 Egypt 21,455 ha compare
- 29 Tajikistan 20,957 ha compare
- 31 Melanesia 18,464 ha compare
- 32 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
More environment data for Libya
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 40,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 40,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 5,152 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 302 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 190 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 274 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 59,951 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 44,832 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Libya?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Libya was 19,623 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 20,062 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,308 ha in 1964.
- How does Libya rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 30th out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 Watermelons — 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.