Apricots — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Apricots — Area harvested was 3,400 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in Lebanon is 3,400 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 6,500 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 486 ha, in 1967.
That places Lebanon 31st out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,030 ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 945 ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 925 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 486 ha | -47.5% |
| 1968 | 1,768 ha | +263.8% |
| 1969 | 1,885 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 2,481 ha | +31.6% |
| 1971 | 2,559 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,578 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 2,090 ha | -18.9% |
| 1974 | 2,294 ha | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 3,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,330 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 3,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 3,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 3,480 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 3,845 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 4,973 ha | +29.3% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 5,282 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 5,127 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 5,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 5,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 5,475 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 5,781 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 5,797 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 6,058 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 6,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 6,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 6,375 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 6,397 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 6,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 5,900 ha | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 4,516 ha | -23.5% |
| 2011 | 3,337 ha | -26.1% |
| 2012 | 5,339 ha | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 5,402 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 4,807 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 3,508 ha | -27.0% |
| 2016 | 4,285 ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 4,006 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 3,178 ha | -20.7% |
| 2019 | 3,432 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 3,546 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 3,203 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 3,172 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 3,360 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 3,400 ha | +1.2% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 3,400 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 63% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 3,400 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 71% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +263.8% | 486 ha | 1,768 ha |
| 2012 | +60.0% | 3,337 ha | 5,339 ha |
| 1967 | -47.5% | 925 ha | 486 ha |
| 1970 | +31.6% | 1,885 ha | 2,481 ha |
| 2015 | -27.0% | 4,807 ha | 3,508 ha |
| 1992 | +29.3% | 3,845 ha | 4,973 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,088 ha | 486 ha | 1,885 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,640 ha | 2,090 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,371 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,883 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,098 ha | 5,475 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,181 ha | 3,178 ha | 5,402 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,336 ha | 3,172 ha | 3,546 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 28 Kazakhstan 4,428 ha compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 3,673 ha compare
- 30 Georgia 3,423 ha compare
- 32 Australia and New Zealand 3,294 ha compare
- 33 Bulgaria 3,220 ha compare
- 34 Australia 3,028 ha compare
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 apricots — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Apricots — area harvested in Lebanon was 3,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 486 ha in 1967.
- How does Lebanon rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 31st out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. 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 Apricots — 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.