Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 2,179 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 2,179 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 4,000 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 1983.
Lebanon ranks 72nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 2,520 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,528 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 2,825 ha | +11.7% |
| 1969 | 3,105 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 3,268 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 3,399 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 3,294 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 3,461 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 3,766 ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,400 ha | -65.0% |
| 1982 | 1,250 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 1,150 ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 1,750 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 2,115 ha | +20.9% |
| 1988 | 2,385 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 2,455 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 2,510 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 2,515 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 2,564 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 2,570 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,579 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,605 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,650 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 2,596 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 2,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,500 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | +31.6% |
| 2007 | 2,648 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 2,807 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 2,767 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,465 ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 2,321 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,200 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 2,282 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,259 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 2,243 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,224 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,206 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,188 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,160 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,185 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,178 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,174 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,179 ha | +0.2% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 2,179 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 5% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 2,179 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 95% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +66.7% | 1,500 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1981 | -65.0% | 4,000 ha | 1,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,598 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,105 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,569 ha | 3,268 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,920 ha | 1,150 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,579 ha | 2,510 ha | 2,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,427 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,807 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,269 ha | 2,188 ha | 2,465 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,175 ha | 2,160 ha | 2,185 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Lebanon was 2,179 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 1983.
- How does Lebanon rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 72nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.