Barley — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Barley — Yield was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Lebanon stood at 1,770 kg/ha.
The figure is down 20.9% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Lebanon peaked at 3,165 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 714.3 kg/ha, in 1976.
Lebanon ranks 77th of 104 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.
Barley — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 937.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 970.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 933.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 900 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,176 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1968 | 859.2 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1969 | 813.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 903.6 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 872.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 965.6 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 888 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 1,388 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 1975 | 1,333 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 714.3 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1977 | 1,143 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 875 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 1,200 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1982 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,500 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 1,625 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 1,652 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,575 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 1,650 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 1,774 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 1,691 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 1,818 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 1,822 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 2,951 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 1996 | 2,526 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 1,590 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1998 | 1,304 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 1,103 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 1,080 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 1,157 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 1,487 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2003 | 1,797 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2004 | 1,890 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 2,000 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,102 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 2,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 2,062 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 2,069 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,135 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2,184 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 2,235 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,357 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 2,690 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 3,165 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 2,467 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 1,775 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2019 | 2,236 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 2,702 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 2,677 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,842 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 2,239 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2024 | 1,770 kg/ha | -20.9% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 1,770 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 1,770 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 954.41 kg/ha | 813.8 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,035 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 1,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,373 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,858 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 2,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,758 kg/ha | 1,080 kg/ha | 2,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,331 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | 3,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,446 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 2,842 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 74 Georgia 2,034 kg/ha compare
- 75 Turkmenistan 1,981 kg/ha compare
- 76 Iceland 1,972 kg/ha compare
- 78 Armenia 1,727 kg/ha compare
- 79 Kazakhstan 1,682 kg/ha compare
- 80 Montenegro 1,634 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 barley — yield in Lebanon?
- Barley — yield in Lebanon was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 3,165 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 714.3 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Lebanon rank for barley — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 77th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. 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 — 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.