Lemons and limes — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Lemons and limes — Yield was 18,357 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 18,357 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Lebanon peaked at 44,866 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 16,662 kg/ha, in 2023.
Lebanon ranks 30th of 107 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.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,076 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,375 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 35,294 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 32,500 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 31,364 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 27,560 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 28,962 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 29,957 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 30,116 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 37,273 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1971 | 40,986 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 37,209 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 35,834 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 44,866 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1975 | 40,000 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 40,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 38,235 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 35,294 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 38,235 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 35,294 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 34,375 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 35,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 35,625 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 21,429 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1985 | 20,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 25,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 27,150 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 26,120 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 25,714 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 29,862 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 33,983 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 34,292 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 34,182 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 33,773 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 34,576 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 33,802 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 26,467 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1998 | 22,500 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 20,872 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 28,575 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2001 | 28,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 23,218 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 23,443 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 27,734 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2005 | 28,300 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 21,833 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 27,805 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2008 | 27,805 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28,095 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 27,326 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 26,332 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 26,792 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 26,798 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 28,384 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 34,884 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2016 | 32,750 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 27,327 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 22,923 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2019 | 20,994 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 20,305 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 17,724 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 17,777 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 16,662 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 18,357 kg/ha | +10.2% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 18,357 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 18,357 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,800 kg/ha | 27,560 kg/ha | 36,076 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,843 kg/ha | 35,294 kg/ha | 44,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,571 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 35,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,431 kg/ha | 20,872 kg/ha | 34,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,539 kg/ha | 21,833 kg/ha | 28,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,451 kg/ha | 20,994 kg/ha | 34,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,165 kg/ha | 16,662 kg/ha | 20,305 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 lemons and limes — yield in Lebanon?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Lebanon was 18,357 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 44,866 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,662 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Lebanon rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 30th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.