Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 10,946 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Lebanon, 1998–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for locust beans (carobs) — yield in Lebanon is 10,946 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Lebanon peaked at 11,758 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,250 kg/ha, in 2004.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 10,571 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 7,077 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2001 | 7,692 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 9,846 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2003 | 6,389 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2004 | 6,250 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 8,266 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2006 | 9,603 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2007 | 9,272 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 8,764 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 9,054 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 8,788 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 8,835 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,964 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 9,752 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 10,142 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 11,758 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 10,729 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 10,880 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 11,100 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 10,830 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 10,727 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 10,790 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 10,868 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,946 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 10,946 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,058 kg/ha, 5.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -35.1% | 9,846 kg/ha | 6,389 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -33.1% | 10,571 kg/ha | 7,077 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +32.3% | 6,250 kg/ha | 8,266 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,286 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,571 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 8,221 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 9,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,995 kg/ha | 8,788 kg/ha | 11,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,832 kg/ha | 10,727 kg/ha | 10,946 kg/ha | 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 locust beans (carobs) — yield in Lebanon?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Lebanon was 10,946 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 11,758 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,250 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Lebanon rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 1st out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Locust beans (carobs) — Yield. 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.