Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 71,505 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 71,505 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 86,429 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 48,610 ha, in 1967.
That places Lebanon 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,760 ha | — |
| 1962 | 61,980 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 62,420 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 60,063 ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 54,322 ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 53,352 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 48,610 ha | -8.9% |
| 1968 | 50,658 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 54,942 ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 56,326 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 57,717 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 57,541 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 52,742 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 54,290 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 54,580 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 51,640 ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 54,360 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 55,960 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 56,810 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 57,910 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 59,505 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 59,355 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 59,930 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 59,110 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 62,155 ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 65,510 ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 75,602 ha | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 77,870 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 80,463 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 82,364 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 86,152 ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 86,429 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 84,050 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 80,619 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 83,561 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 83,023 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 75,917 ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 73,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 75,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 73,410 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 73,573 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 73,702 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 74,762 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 74,351 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 72,068 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 72,830 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 72,738 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 74,270 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 70,684 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 63,513 ha | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 60,759 ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 62,768 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 61,607 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 64,766 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 69,101 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 69,124 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 68,609 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 68,992 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 69,525 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 70,663 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 68,457 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 70,646 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 71,264 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 71,505 ha | +0.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 71,505 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 71,505 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,345 ha | 48,610 ha | 62,420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,197 ha | 51,640 ha | 57,717 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,741 ha | 57,910 ha | 80,463 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,162 ha | 73,800 ha | 86,429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,239 ha | 70,684 ha | 74,762 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,876 ha | 60,759 ha | 69,525 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,507 ha | 68,457 ha | 71,505 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 84 Central African Republic 80,540 ha compare
- 85 New Zealand 75,932 ha compare
- 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 73,320 ha compare
- 88 Bulgaria 71,370 ha compare
- 89 Paraguay 70,344 ha compare
- 90 Belarus 69,105 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8243 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0491 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3428 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1174 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Lebanon was 71,505 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 86,429 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,610 ha in 1967.
- How does Lebanon rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.