Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 66,822 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Lebanon stood at 66,822 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 66,822 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,250 ha, in 1962.
Lebanon ranks 110th of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,250 ha | -54.5% |
| 1963 | 31,300 ha | +136.2% |
| 1964 | 32,068 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 29,368 ha | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 29,718 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 31,005 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 32,714 ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 35,510 ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 34,576 ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 36,567 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 37,010 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 37,257 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 34,900 ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 32,640 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 31,140 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 31,120 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 25,600 ha | -17.7% |
| 1979 | 27,600 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 35,400 ha | +28.3% |
| 1981 | 32,680 ha | -7.7% |
| 1982 | 32,490 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 32,395 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 32,440 ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 34,735 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 34,990 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 43,277 ha | +23.7% |
| 1988 | 43,771 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 45,485 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 46,044 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 45,917 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 45,937 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 45,925 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 45,706 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 45,960 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 50,483 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 53,799 ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 54,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 53,920 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 58,354 ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 59,371 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 59,945 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 59,839 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 60,606 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 60,804 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 61,680 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 61,326 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 58,875 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 60,627 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 56,173 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 55,980 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 55,856 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 55,954 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 61,153 ha | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 61,937 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 62,070 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 63,649 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 64,482 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 65,635 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 66,343 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 66,302 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 66,292 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 66,299 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 66,822 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,343 ha | 13,250 ha | 35,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,841 ha | 25,600 ha | 37,257 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,766 ha | 32,395 ha | 45,485 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,819 ha | 45,706 ha | 54,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,143 ha | 58,354 ha | 61,680 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,289 ha | 55,856 ha | 65,635 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,412 ha | 66,292 ha | 66,822 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Lebanon was 66,822 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 66,822 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,250 ha in 1962.
- How does Lebanon rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 110th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.