Maize (corn) — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,996 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Lebanon stood at 2,996 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Lebanon peaked at 6,000 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 666.7 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Lebanon 96th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,083 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,850 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 1,860 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,757 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 1,232 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1969 | 904 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1970 | 1,015 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 823.4 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1972 | 1,030 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1973 | 726.2 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1974 | 853.9 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 1,250 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 1,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 750 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 695.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 666.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,267 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1987 | 1,580 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1988 | 1,581 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,650 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 1,691 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,747 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 1,872 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 1,892 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 2,029 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 2,327 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 2,346 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,111 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1998 | 5,000 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1999 | 5,714 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 3,889 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2001 | 4,323 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 3,244 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 3,548 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 6,000 kg/ha | +69.1% |
| 2005 | 3,778 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2006 | 2,952 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 3,444 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 3,778 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 3,621 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 3,661 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 3,544 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 3,468 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 3,396 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 3,000 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 3,569 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 4,073 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 4,512 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 3,000 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2019 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,996 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 2,996 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 2,996 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,759 kg/ha | 904 kg/ha | 2,143 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 994.93 kg/ha | 726.2 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,119 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,773 kg/ha | 1,691 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,858 kg/ha | 2,952 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,522 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,999 kg/ha | 2,996 kg/ha | 3,000 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 maize (corn) — yield in Lebanon?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Lebanon was 2,996 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 666.7 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Lebanon rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 96th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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) — 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.