Cereals, primary — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cereals, primary — Production was 119,830 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 119,830 t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
The figure is down 38.0% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Lebanon peaked at 195,311 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25,831 t, in 1984.
That places Lebanon 136th out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 106,347 t | +10.2% |
| 1963 | 84,700 t | -20.4% |
| 1964 | 89,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 80,905 t | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 95,968 t | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 91,301 t | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 64,882 t | -28.9% |
| 1969 | 44,228 t | -31.8% |
| 1970 | 54,092 t | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 52,414 t | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 76,416 t | +45.8% |
| 1973 | 65,638 t | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 92,444 t | +40.8% |
| 1975 | 82,700 t | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 55,700 t | -32.6% |
| 1977 | 60,760 t | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 56,600 t | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 48,600 t | -14.1% |
| 1980 | 30,450 t | -37.3% |
| 1981 | 29,575 t | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 30,420 t | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 27,200 t | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 25,831 t | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 34,450 t | +33.4% |
| 1986 | 46,530 t | +35.1% |
| 1987 | 70,482 t | +51.5% |
| 1988 | 73,032 t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 79,361 t | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 77,358 t | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 83,213 t | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 88,401 t | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 80,905 t | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 79,109 t | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 100,385 t | +26.9% |
| 1996 | 93,796 t | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 89,657 t | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 102,843 t | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 93,000 t | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 122,800 t | +32.0% |
| 2001 | 152,950 t | +24.6% |
| 2002 | 140,144 t | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 145,836 t | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 165,057 t | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 177,240 t | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 189,400 t | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 153,370 t | -19.0% |
| 2008 | 177,000 t | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 146,600 t | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 111,785 t | -23.7% |
| 2011 | 158,640 t | +41.9% |
| 2012 | 188,638 t | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 178,671 t | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 176,642 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 180,121 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 181,177 t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 166,840 t | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 160,788 t | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 136,928 t | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 189,021 t | +38.0% |
| 2021 | 190,288 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 195,311 t | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 193,178 t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 119,830 t | -38.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 119,830 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 8% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 119,830 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 208,368 t, 58% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,759 t | 44,228 t | 106,347 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,536 t | 48,600 t | 92,444 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,733 t | 25,831 t | 79,361 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,867 t | 77,358 t | 102,843 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 157,040 t | 122,800 t | 189,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 164,023 t | 111,785 t | 188,638 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 177,526 t | 119,830 t | 195,311 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
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 cereals, primary — production in Lebanon?
- Cereals, primary — production in Lebanon was 119,830 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 195,311 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,831 t in 1984.
- How does Lebanon rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Lebanon ranks 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.