Oats — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Oats — Area harvested was 118 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Lebanon is 118 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 1,800 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 114 ha, in 2019.
That places Lebanon 75th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +27.3% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | -38.9% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 670 ha | -16.2% |
| 1982 | 670 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 530 ha | -20.9% |
| 1984 | 330 ha | -37.7% |
| 1985 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 380 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 370 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 410 ha | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 400 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 232 ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 190 ha | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | -21.1% |
| 2006 | 215 ha | +43.3% |
| 2007 | 180 ha | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 190 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 188 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 170 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 158 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 152 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 144 ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 137 ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 130 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 124 ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 119 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 114 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 119 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 118 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 117 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 118 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 118 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 20% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 118 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 896 ha, 13% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,140 ha | 700 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 469.5 ha | 300 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 400 ha | 370 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 224.2 ha | 150 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.6 ha | 114 ha | 188 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 118 ha | 117 ha | 119 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 oats — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Oats — area harvested in Lebanon was 118 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 114 ha in 2019.
- How does Lebanon rank for oats — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 75th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. 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 Oats — 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.