Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 22,158 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 22,158 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Lebanon peaked at 34,978 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11,737 kg/ha, in 1991.
Lebanon ranks 36th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 21,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,909 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 17,098 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1969 | 21,920 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1970 | 24,254 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 24,077 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 24,568 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 21,448 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 23,046 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 23,333 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 23,158 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 23,158 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 23,333 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 22,222 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 23,333 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 23,158 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 23,548 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 23,656 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 22,222 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 22,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 22,105 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 21,354 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 12,848 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1989 | 12,286 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 11,892 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 11,737 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 12,494 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 15,000 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1994 | 12,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 12,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 12,285 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 19,733 kg/ha | +60.6% |
| 1998 | 20,167 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 15,381 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2000 | 34,978 kg/ha | +127.4% |
| 2001 | 32,113 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 24,095 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 19,785 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 24,692 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2005 | 26,273 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 21,010 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 24,972 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 25,454 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 26,468 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 25,414 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 25,014 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 23,171 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 22,372 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 21,572 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 20,973 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 17,201 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 20,584 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 22,263 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 22,304 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 22,005 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 22,190 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 22,166 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 22,120 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 22,158 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 22,158 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 22,158 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +127.4% | 15,381 kg/ha | 34,978 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +60.6% | 12,285 kg/ha | 19,733 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -39.8% | 21,354 kg/ha | 12,848 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,214 kg/ha | 17,098 kg/ha | 21,920 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,260 kg/ha | 21,448 kg/ha | 24,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,673 kg/ha | 12,286 kg/ha | 23,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,319 kg/ha | 11,737 kg/ha | 20,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,984 kg/ha | 19,785 kg/ha | 34,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,087 kg/ha | 17,201 kg/ha | 25,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,128 kg/ha | 22,005 kg/ha | 22,190 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Lebanon?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Lebanon was 22,158 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 34,978 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,737 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Lebanon rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 36th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.