Apples — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Apples — Area harvested was 16,100 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 16,100 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 17,937 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,200 ha, in 1998.
Lebanon ranks 41st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,275 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 11,438 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 10,960 ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 10,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,850 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 11,322 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 14,133 ha | +24.8% |
| 1970 | 13,017 ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 12,892 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 12,776 ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 10,935 ha | -14.4% |
| 1974 | 11,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 13,465 ha | +22.4% |
| 1988 | 13,625 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 13,582 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 13,610 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 13,601 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 13,417 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 13,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 11,777 ha | -12.8% |
| 1995 | 12,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 12,152 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 10,182 ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 9,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 9,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 9,302 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9,460 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 9,380 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 9,389 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 9,390 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,880 ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 10,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11,800 ha | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 12,425 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 10,671 ha | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 9,923 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 9,996 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 12,001 ha | +20.1% |
| 2015 | 16,341 ha | +36.2% |
| 2016 | 16,573 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 16,641 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16,280 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 16,404 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 17,937 ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 16,684 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 16,647 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,647 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16,100 ha | -3.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 16,100 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 65% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 16,100 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 79% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Lebanon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +36.2% | 12,001 ha | 16,341 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,526 ha | 10,850 ha | 14,133 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,721 ha | 10,935 ha | 13,017 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,467 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,625 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,924 ha | 9,200 ha | 13,610 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,820 ha | 9,302 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,726 ha | 9,923 ha | 16,641 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,803 ha | 16,100 ha | 17,937 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Apples — area harvested in Lebanon was 16,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 17,937 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,200 ha in 1998.
- How does Lebanon rank for apples — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 41st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — 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.