Okra — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Okra — Area harvested was 372 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 372 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 1,672 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Lebanon 36th out of 53 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.
Okra — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 950 ha | — |
| 1980 | 970 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 1,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 1,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,080 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 1,130 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,150 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1,233 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 1,231 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 1,672 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 900 ha | -46.2% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | -55.6% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 335 ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 293 ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 1,045 ha | +256.7% |
| 2003 | 1,468 ha | +40.5% |
| 2004 | 1,260 ha | -14.2% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 1,047 ha | -19.5% |
| 2007 | 1,238 ha | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 1,240 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,070 ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 492 ha | -54.0% |
| 2011 | 301 ha | -38.8% |
| 2012 | 246 ha | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 311 ha | +26.4% |
| 2014 | 287 ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 261 ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 258 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 235 ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 346 ha | +47.2% |
| 2019 | 432 ha | +24.9% |
| 2020 | 338 ha | -21.8% |
| 2021 | 372 ha | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 381 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 363 ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 372 ha | +2.5% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 372 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 11% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 372 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 523 ha, 71% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +256.7% | 293 ha | 1,045 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 95 ha | 0 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,053 ha | 970 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,114 ha | 300 ha | 1,672 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,030 ha | 293 ha | 1,468 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 316.9 ha | 235 ha | 492 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 365.2 ha | 338 ha | 381 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 okra — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Okra — area harvested in Lebanon was 372 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,672 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Lebanon rank for okra — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. 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 Okra — 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.