Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1,669 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Lebanon stood at 1,669 ha.
That represents a change of up 66.9% on the previous year and up 66.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 7,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 450 ha, in 1983.
Lebanon ranks 146th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,595 ha | 1,229 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,326 ha | 800 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,262 ha | 450 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,575 ha | 700 ha | 2,034 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 915.3 ha | 550 ha | 1,298 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 994.6 ha | 674 ha | 1,645 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,134 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,669 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture share gdp 1.05 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.05 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 9.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Rural population 528,774 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 271.42 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 40,600 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Lebanon was 1,669 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 450 ha in 1983.
- How does Lebanon rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 146th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested. 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.