Cherries — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cherries — Area harvested was 4,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cherries — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in Lebanon is 4,500 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 8,500 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 460 ha, in 1965.
Lebanon ranks 20th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cherries — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 550 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 505 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 460 ha | -8.9% |
| 1966 | 474 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 1,842 ha | +288.6% |
| 1968 | 1,853 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 2,001 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 2,027 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 2,045 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 2,061 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,611 ha | -21.8% |
| 1974 | 1,826 ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 2,100 ha | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 2,750 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 3,450 ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 3,650 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 3,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 4,109 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 4,180 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 4,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 5,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 5,527 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 4,800 ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 5,900 ha | +22.9% |
| 1999 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 7,596 ha | +24.5% |
| 2001 | 7,589 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 8,112 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 7,542 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 7,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 7,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 7,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 8,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 8,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 7,510 ha | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 6,173 ha | -17.8% |
| 2011 | 6,485 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 6,861 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 6,555 ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 5,829 ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 5,502 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 4,919 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 5,511 ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 5,127 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 4,852 ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 4,594 ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 4,353 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 4,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,500 ha | +3.4% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 4,500 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,036 ha, 2.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 4,500 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 969.5 ha, 4.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +288.6% | 474 ha | 1,842 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 965 ha | 460 ha | 2,001 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,017 ha | 1,611 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,875 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,902 ha | 3,800 ha | 6,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,830 ha | 7,510 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,781 ha | 4,852 ha | 6,861 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,431 ha | 4,353 ha | 4,594 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 cherries — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Cherries — area harvested in Lebanon was 4,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 460 ha in 1965.
- How does Lebanon rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 20th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — 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.