Bananas — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Bananas — Yield was 33,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Lebanon is 33,833 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Lebanon peaked at 47,274 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,567 kg/ha, in 1964.
Lebanon ranks 24th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,615 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 9,333 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 6,567 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1965 | 10,028 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 1966 | 11,703 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 11,053 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 12,042 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 11,974 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 14,904 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1971 | 15,837 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 15,981 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 16,387 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 18,992 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 17,200 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 15,000 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1977 | 13,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 10,870 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1979 | 8,571 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1980 | 11,000 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1981 | 10,584 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 10,949 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 15,000 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1984 | 14,444 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 26,500 kg/ha | +83.5% |
| 1986 | 26,667 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 16,250 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1988 | 15,606 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 19,250 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1990 | 23,291 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1991 | 24,917 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 25,622 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 26,667 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 26,675 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 26,622 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 26,395 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 25,646 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 23,286 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 24,185 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 23,872 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 24,272 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 26,770 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 26,071 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 30,571 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 29,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 29,133 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 30,000 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 29,900 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 28,872 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 28,954 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 30,003 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 30,334 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 30,612 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 33,847 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 37,228 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 47,274 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2017 | 35,611 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2018 | 46,533 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2019 | 44,096 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 41,817 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 35,970 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 36,006 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 35,957 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 33,833 kg/ha | -5.9% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 33,833 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 33,833 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,204 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +83.5% | 14,444 kg/ha | 26,500 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +52.7% | 6,567 kg/ha | 10,028 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,257 kg/ha | 6,567 kg/ha | 12,042 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,707 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 18,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,625 kg/ha | 10,584 kg/ha | 26,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,330 kg/ha | 23,286 kg/ha | 26,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,846 kg/ha | 23,872 kg/ha | 30,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,449 kg/ha | 28,954 kg/ha | 47,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,716 kg/ha | 33,833 kg/ha | 41,817 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 21 Palestine 36,732 kg/ha compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 36,439 kg/ha compare
- 23 Martinique 35,215 kg/ha compare
- 25 Guyana 33,810 kg/ha compare
- 26 Mexico 30,862 kg/ha compare
- 27 Philippines 30,285 kg/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 bananas — yield in Lebanon?
- Bananas — yield in Lebanon was 33,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 47,274 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,567 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Lebanon rank for bananas — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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 Bananas — 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.