Lentils, dry — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Lentils, dry — Yield was 750 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 750 kg/ha for lentils, dry — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Lebanon peaked at 2,210 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 387.5 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Lebanon 41st out of 59 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.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 687.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 625 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,250 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 1,193 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 1,178 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 400.1 kg/ha | -66.0% |
| 1967 | 972.4 kg/ha | +143.0% |
| 1968 | 387.5 kg/ha | -60.2% |
| 1969 | 765.7 kg/ha | +97.6% |
| 1970 | 861.7 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 763.2 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 803.5 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 401.7 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 889 kg/ha | +121.3% |
| 1975 | 710.5 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1976 | 666.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 857.1 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 857.1 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 894.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 891.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 863 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 864.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 1,150 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1986 | 1,345 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 1,511 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 1,670 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 1,780 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1,792 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,885 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 1,960 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 2,097 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 2,174 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 2,210 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1,138 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,168 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2001 | 1,111 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 1,139 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 1,343 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 842.7 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2005 | 1,015 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 785.3 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2007 | 1,837 kg/ha | +134.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2009 | 1,992 kg/ha | +99.2% |
| 2010 | 1,507 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 1,346 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 1,450 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 1,441 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,316 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 1,191 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 955.7 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 1,766 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 2018 | 1,002 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2019 | 767.9 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2020 | 780.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 700.3 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 700.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 698.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 750 kg/ha | +7.4% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 750 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 884.4 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 750 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 807.55 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +143.0% | 400.1 kg/ha | 972.4 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +134.0% | 785.3 kg/ha | 1,837 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +121.3% | 401.7 kg/ha | 889 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +100.0% | 625 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +99.2% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +97.6% | 387.5 kg/ha | 765.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 828.74 kg/ha | 387.5 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 761.05 kg/ha | 401.7 kg/ha | 889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,183 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 1,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,223 kg/ha | 785.3 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,274 kg/ha | 767.9 kg/ha | 1,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 726.04 kg/ha | 698.3 kg/ha | 780.7 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 lentils, dry — yield in Lebanon?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Lebanon was 750 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,210 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 387.5 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 41st out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.