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 26th out of 131 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Libya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,615 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,043 ha | +26.5% |
| 1963 | 1,473 ha | -27.9% |
| 1964 | 1,308 ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 1,385 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,385 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,385 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 5,768 ha | +284.5% |
| 1972 | 8,941 ha | +55.0% |
| 1973 | 12,350 ha | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 14,015 ha | +13.5% |
| 1975 | 13,980 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 13,883 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 13,746 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 13,862 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 13,880 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 14,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 9,600 ha | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 7,327 ha | -23.7% |
| 1983 | 6,962 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 7,360 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +35.9% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,700 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 11,200 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 11,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 11,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 13,170 ha | +19.7% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | -16.5% |
| 1997 | 12,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 13,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 13,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 12,531 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 15,000 ha | +19.7% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 15,029 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 16,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 17,115 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 16,802 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 17,003 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 17,472 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 17,755 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 18,182 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 17,803 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 18,345 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 18,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 19,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 17,920 ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 18,660 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 20,062 ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 19,622 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 19,623 ha | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 19,623 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 3.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Libya's 19,623 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 5.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +284.5% | 1,500 ha | 5,768 ha |
| 1972 | +55.0% | 5,768 ha | 8,941 ha |
| 1973 | +38.1% | 8,941 ha | 12,350 ha |
| 1985 | +35.9% | 7,360 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1981 | -31.4% | 14,000 ha | 9,600 ha |
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
- 23 Spain 21,840 ha compare
- 24 Egypt 21,455 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 7,506 ha compare
- 25 Tajikistan 20,957 ha compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 42 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 28 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
- 29 Iraq 15,543 ha compare
More environment data for Libya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1672 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (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 26th out of 131 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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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.