Apricots — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Apricots — Yield was 5,853 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — yield in Lebanon stood at 5,853 kg/ha.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Lebanon peaked at 16,708 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 3,390 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Lebanon 34th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,444 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 5,263 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 12,136 kg/ha | +130.6% |
| 1965 | 11,217 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 11,800 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 16,708 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1968 | 13,859 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1969 | 6,107 kg/ha | -55.9% |
| 1970 | 5,220 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1971 | 4,987 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 7,028 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1973 | 6,459 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 4,427 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1975 | 7,037 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 1976 | 7,143 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 7,414 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 7,333 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 7,667 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 7,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,688 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1982 | 7,692 kg/ha | +64.1% |
| 1983 | 8,408 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 8,529 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 8,696 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 9,195 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 9,714 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 10,286 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 11,111 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 11,892 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 12,718 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 10,658 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1993 | 11,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 11,372 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 11,923 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 12,404 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 10,500 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1998 | 9,353 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 7,800 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2000 | 3,653 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 2001 | 3,390 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 6,779 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 5,084 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 4,540 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 4,969 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 4,596 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 5,002 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,915 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 4,644 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 4,508 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 4,668 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 4,619 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 6,003 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2015 | 8,919 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 2016 | 9,288 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 9,249 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 10,305 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 9,624 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 10,298 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 5,972 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 2022 | 6,260 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 5,422 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 5,853 kg/ha | +7.9% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 5,853 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,351 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 5,853 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,022 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +130.6% | 5,263 kg/ha | 12,136 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +100.0% | 3,390 kg/ha | 6,779 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,800 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 16,708 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,472 kg/ha | 4,427 kg/ha | 7,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,599 kg/ha | 4,688 kg/ha | 11,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,962 kg/ha | 7,800 kg/ha | 12,718 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,793 kg/ha | 3,390 kg/ha | 6,779 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,183 kg/ha | 4,508 kg/ha | 10,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,761 kg/ha | 5,422 kg/ha | 10,298 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Lebanon?
- Apricots — yield in Lebanon was 5,853 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 16,708 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,390 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Lebanon rank for apricots — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 34th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Yield. 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.