What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Belgium and Lebanon?

214,894 hectares, with Belgium ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Lebanon?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Lebanon: Agricultural area over the long-term

Belgium

901,855 hectares

in 2025

Lebanon

686,961 hectares

in 2025

Belgium rank

141st

Lebanon rank

144th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Belgium
Lebanon

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 901,855 hectares against 686,961 hectares in Lebanon, a difference of 214,894 hectares.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.3 times Lebanon's.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 141st and Lebanon ranks 144th of 202 countries.

Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Lebanon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.10 million hectares	552,264 hectares	552,496 hectares	Belgium
1100s	2.07 million hectares	559,582 hectares	1.51 million hectares	Belgium
1200s	2.49 million hectares	564,646 hectares	1.93 million hectares	Belgium
1300s	2.62 million hectares	567,150 hectares	2.05 million hectares	Belgium
1400s	1.90 million hectares	481,556 hectares	1.42 million hectares	Belgium
1500s	2.21 million hectares	484,882 hectares	1.72 million hectares	Belgium
1600s	2.20 million hectares	509,652 hectares	1.69 million hectares	Belgium
1700s	2.48 million hectares	413,937 hectares	2.07 million hectares	Belgium
1710s	2.54 million hectares	388,664 hectares	2.15 million hectares	Belgium
1720s	2.56 million hectares	376,677 hectares	2.18 million hectares	Belgium
1730s	2.54 million hectares	364,895 hectares	2.18 million hectares	Belgium
1740s	2.50 million hectares	353,308 hectares	2.14 million hectares	Belgium
1750s	2.42 million hectares	341,906 hectares	2.08 million hectares	Belgium
1760s	2.48 million hectares	330,680 hectares	2.15 million hectares	Belgium
1770s	2.53 million hectares	319,617 hectares	2.21 million hectares	Belgium
1780s	2.57 million hectares	308,706 hectares	2.26 million hectares	Belgium
1790s	2.59 million hectares	297,934 hectares	2.30 million hectares	Belgium
1800s	2.61 million hectares	287,287 hectares	2.32 million hectares	Belgium
1810s	2.61 million hectares	276,750 hectares	2.33 million hectares	Belgium
1820s	2.60 million hectares	266,304 hectares	2.34 million hectares	Belgium
1830s	2.67 million hectares	283,352 hectares	2.39 million hectares	Belgium
1840s	2.53 million hectares	296,581 hectares	2.24 million hectares	Belgium
1850s	2.55 million hectares	309,903 hectares	2.24 million hectares	Belgium
1860s	2.57 million hectares	323,175 hectares	2.25 million hectares	Belgium
1870s	2.55 million hectares	336,205 hectares	2.22 million hectares	Belgium
1880s	2.61 million hectares	387,882 hectares	2.22 million hectares	Belgium
1890s	2.58 million hectares	378,284 hectares	2.20 million hectares	Belgium
1900s	2.55 million hectares	403,794 hectares	2.15 million hectares	Belgium
1910s	2.46 million hectares	389,524 hectares	2.07 million hectares	Belgium
1920s	2.43 million hectares	390,500 hectares	2.04 million hectares	Belgium
1930s	2.33 million hectares	455,143 hectares	1.88 million hectares	Belgium
1940s	2.10 million hectares	519,750 hectares	1.58 million hectares	Belgium
1950s	1.76 million hectares	578,068 hectares	1.18 million hectares	Belgium
1960s	1.63 million hectares	585,999 hectares	1.04 million hectares	Belgium
1970s	1.60 million hectares	629,050 hectares	968,488 hectares	Belgium
1980s	1.39 million hectares	599,741 hectares	790,100 hectares	Belgium
1990s	1.47 million hectares	608,099 hectares	866,780 hectares	Belgium
2000s	1.53 million hectares	640,198 hectares	888,742 hectares	Belgium
2010s	1.52 million hectares	661,690 hectares	858,306 hectares	Belgium
2020s	1.34 million hectares	681,359 hectares	655,804 hectares	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Belgium or Lebanon?: Belgium, at 901,855 hectares against 686,961 hectares in Lebanon as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Belgium and Lebanon?: 214,894 hectares, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Lebanon?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Lebanon rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Belgium ranks 141st and Lebanon ranks 144th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.