Barley — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Barley — Area harvested was 11,300 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Lebanon is 11,300 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 18,200 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1984.
That places Lebanon 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 13,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 14,136 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 13,395 ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 13,463 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 8,294 ha | -38.4% |
| 1970 | 6,505 ha | -21.6% |
| 1971 | 7,232 ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 7,823 ha | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 7,332 ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 9,412 ha | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 18,200 ha | +73.3% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | -61.5% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 10,150 ha | +26.9% |
| 1988 | 10,789 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 10,915 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 11,405 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 11,408 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11,607 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1994 | 11,078 ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 11,320 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 11,253 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 16,384 ha | +45.6% |
| 1998 | 11,500 ha | -29.8% |
| 1999 | 12,600 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 8,700 ha | -31.0% |
| 2001 | 7,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 11,500 ha | +64.3% |
| 2003 | 13,911 ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 12,590 ha | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 14,500 ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 15,900 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 15,750 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 14,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 14,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 10,685 ha | -25.8% |
| 2011 | 14,053 ha | +31.5% |
| 2012 | 16,024 ha | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 15,661 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 14,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 13,795 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 15,414 ha | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 14,416 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 12,684 ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 12,281 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 12,317 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 12,161 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 12,185 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 12,262 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 11,300 ha | -7.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 11,300 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 81% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 11,300 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 45% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,676 ha | 8,294 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,600 ha | 5,000 ha | 18,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,285 ha | 4,000 ha | 10,915 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,856 ha | 10,000 ha | 16,384 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,875 ha | 7,000 ha | 15,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,901 ha | 10,685 ha | 16,024 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,045 ha | 11,300 ha | 12,317 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 barley — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Barley — area harvested in Lebanon was 11,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 18,200 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1984.
- How does Lebanon rank for barley — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. 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 Barley — 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.