Lemons and limes — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Lemons and limes — Production was 77,100 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — production in Lebanon stood at 77,100 t.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Lebanon peaked at 166,919 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 30,000 t, in 1984.
Lebanon ranks 27th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 55,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 65,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 69,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 68,900 t | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 56,910 t | -17.4% |
| 1968 | 59,374 t | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 60,744 t | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 74,546 t | +22.7% |
| 1971 | 81,973 t | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 85,729 t | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 79,408 t | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 105,929 t | +33.4% |
| 1975 | 80,000 t | -24.5% |
| 1976 | 81,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 65,000 t | -19.8% |
| 1978 | 60,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 65,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 60,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 55,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 56,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 57,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 30,000 t | -47.4% |
| 1985 | 40,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 50,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 64,753 t | +29.5% |
| 1988 | 63,080 t | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 66,523 t | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 78,000 t | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 90,122 t | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 92,862 t | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 94,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 98,853 t | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 102,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 107,762 t | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 102,323 t | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 85,500 t | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 81,400 t | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 103,700 t | +27.4% |
| 2001 | 103,100 t | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 81,263 t | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 83,200 t | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 106,500 t | +28.0% |
| 2005 | 113,200 t | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 91,700 t | -19.0% |
| 2007 | 114,000 t | +24.3% |
| 2008 | 114,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 121,400 t | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 79,491 t | -34.5% |
| 2011 | 90,987 t | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 103,706 t | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 103,844 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 104,773 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 166,919 t | +59.3% |
| 2016 | 115,740 t | -30.7% |
| 2017 | 103,979 t | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 80,665 t | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 77,994 t | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 79,434 t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 72,808 t | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 76,191 t | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 71,412 t | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 77,100 t | +8.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 77,100 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37,759 t, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 77,100 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 30,681 t, 2.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,325 t | 55,000 t | 69,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,858 t | 60,000 t | 105,929 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,236 t | 30,000 t | 66,523 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 93,282 t | 78,000 t | 107,762 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,206 t | 81,263 t | 121,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,810 t | 77,994 t | 166,919 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,389 t | 71,412 t | 79,434 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 lemons and limes — production in Lebanon?
- Lemons and limes — production in Lebanon was 77,100 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 166,919 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 t in 1984.
- How does Lebanon rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Lebanon ranks 27th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.