Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 42,125 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 42,125 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Lebanon peaked at 79,166 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 5,135 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Lebanon 47th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,364 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 5,714 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1964 | 5,135 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 5,156 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 6,360 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1967 | 8,590 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1968 | 11,652 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1969 | 10,657 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 12,462 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 8,872 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1972 | 8,999 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 9,732 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 11,557 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1975 | 11,667 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 12,903 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 14,516 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 17,188 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1979 | 17,188 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 18,750 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 20,312 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 20,286 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 23,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 20,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 19,318 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 19,565 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 20,833 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 23,000 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 26,923 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 29,214 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 28,154 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 28,440 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 32,364 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 31,306 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 36,460 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 79,166 kg/ha | +117.1% |
| 1998 | 44,625 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 1999 | 42,607 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 40,786 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 39,211 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 53,412 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2003 | 41,194 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2004 | 45,429 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 42,258 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 43,991 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 46,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 42,261 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 45,992 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 47,381 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 46,811 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 45,596 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 45,646 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 40,015 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 32,706 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2016 | 26,220 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 26,200 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 19,877 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2019 | 22,881 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2020 | 27,410 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2021 | 43,955 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2022 | 44,566 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 44,235 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 42,125 kg/ha | -4.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 42,125 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 42,125 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +117.1% | 36,460 kg/ha | 79,166 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,292 kg/ha | 5,135 kg/ha | 11,652 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,508 kg/ha | 8,872 kg/ha | 17,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,540 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha | 23,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,926 kg/ha | 26,923 kg/ha | 79,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,053 kg/ha | 39,211 kg/ha | 53,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,333 kg/ha | 19,877 kg/ha | 47,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,458 kg/ha | 27,410 kg/ha | 44,566 kg/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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Lebanon?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Lebanon was 42,125 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 79,166 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,135 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Lebanon rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 47th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.