FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Libya
According to FAOSTAT, Libya produced 164,800 t of cereals, 694,071 t of vegetables, 685,305 t of fruit, 184,576 t of meat and 225,578 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were potatoes (369,147 t), watermelons (233,010 t) and tomatoes (226,332 t).
- Products recorded
- 68
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 0
- products
- Year
- 2024
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in wheat (−55%), followed by barley (−32%).
Livestock numbers: 208,931 cattle, 7.5 million sheep and 2.7 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All vegetables | 694,071 | 90 | 0.06% | +2.0% |
| All fruit | 685,305 | 96 | 0.07% | +2.9% |
| All roots and tubers | 369,147 | 105 | 0.04% | +30% |
| All milk | 225,578 | 118 | 0.02% | +0.4% |
| All meat | 184,576 | 112 | 0.05% | +4.7% |
| All cereals | 164,800 | 134 | 0.01% | −46% |
| All citrus fruit | 86,884 | 68 | 0.05% | +3.6% |
| All eggs | 75,038 | 67 | 0.08% | +25% |
| All tree nuts | 36,677 | 45 | 0.2% | +4.4% |
| All pulses | 7,470 | 129 | 0.01% | +6.6% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potatoes | 369,147 | 76 | 0.09% | +30% |
| Watermelons | 233,010 | 35 | 0.22% | +2.8% |
| Tomatoes | 226,332 | 68 | 0.12% | +5.7% |
| Onions, dry | 187,498 | 60 | 0.17% | +1.8% |
| Dates | 187,039 | 11 | 1.88% | +10% |
| Cow milk | 141,084 | 124 | 0.02% | +3.7% |
| Chicken meat | 131,499 | 81 | 0.1% | +9.0% |
| Olives | 128,893 | 17 | 0.5% | −29% |
| Wheat | 90,000 | 83 | 0.01% | −55% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 75,537 | 85 | 0.03% | +6.6% |
| Hen eggs | 75,038 | 67 | 0.08% | +25% |
| Barley | 65,000 | 66 | 0.05% | −32% |
| Sheep milk | 61,286 | 27 | 0.62% | −10% |
| Plums | 56,744 | 25 | 0.45% | +7.4% |
| Spring onions and shallots | 55,811 | 18 | 1% | −5.4% |
| Oranges | 52,576 | 58 | 0.08% | −1.4% |
| Almonds, in shell | 36,677 | 15 | 0.93% | +4.4% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 35,429 | 59 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| Carrots and turnips | 34,629 | 71 | 0.08% | −2.3% |
| Grapes | 30,583 | 62 | 0.04% | +0.1% |
| Sheep meat | 28,924 | 51 | 0.25% | −8.8% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 27,739 | 66 | 0.06% | +7.0% |
| Apricots | 26,837 | 26 | 0.58% | +1.8% |
| Melons | 26,590 | 54 | 0.09% | +1.4% |
| Lemons and limes | 24,049 | 48 | 0.1% | +19% |
| Goat milk | 20,961 | 59 | 0.1% | +17% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 19,972 | 23 | 1.37% | +4.5% |
| Olive oil | 16,000 | 18 | 0.61% | 0.0% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 14,307 | 52 | 0.05% | +1.4% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 12,701 | 63 | 0.02% | −25% |
| Goat meat | 12,218 | 54 | 0.16% | −3.8% |
| Wool, greasy | 10,387 | 28 | 0.61% | +6.9% |
| Figs | 10,369 | 21 | 0.78% | −7.3% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 10,259 | 54 | 0.02% | +0.3% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 7,787 | 57 | 0.03% | −11% |
| Peas, green | 6,341 | 44 | 0.03% | −4.3% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 6,311 | 42 | 0.29% | −8.8% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 6,219 | 139 | 0.01% | +3.6% |
| Peas, dry | 6,014 | 53 | 0.04% | +7.0% |
| Millet | 6,000 | 54 | 0.02% | 0.0% |
| Apples | 5,814 | 81 | 0.01% | −67% |
| Camel meat | 5,716 | 19 | 0.86% | +9.4% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 5,662 | 97 | 0.01% | +11% |
| Green garlic | 4,917 | 60 | 0.02% | +10% |
| Cabbages | 4,851 | 112 | 0.01% | +7.3% |
| Cucumbers | 4,791 | 97 | 0.01% | −48% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 4,102 | 52 | 0.21% | −8.8% |
| Maize | 3,800 | 139 | 0% | +13% |
| Eggplants | 2,436 | 68 | 0% | −30% |
| Camel milk | 2,246 | 23 | 0.05% | −15% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 1,862 | 61 | 0.13% | −3.8% |
| Pears | 1,466 | 73 | 0.01% | +5.0% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 1,358 | 62 | 0.09% | −3.8% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 1,270 | 21 | 0.05% | — |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 1,226 | 81 | 0.02% | −5.3% |
| Beans, dry | 1,218 | 93 | 0% | +10% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 833 | 115 | 0.01% | +3.6% |
| Honey | 787 | 87 | 0.04% | −1.6% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 697 | 116 | 0.01% | +3.7% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 631 | 58 | 0.1% | −8.8% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 286 | 25 | 0.3% | +9.6% |
| Fat of camels | 286 | 20 | 0.97% | +9.6% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 272 | 63 | 0.09% | −3.5% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 203 | 59 | 0% | +4.1% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 181 | 88 | 0.03% | −20% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 100 | 119 | 0% | +4.2% |
| Chick peas, dry | 36 | 44 | 0% | −58% |
| Beer | 8 | 164 | 0% | — |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.