Olive oil — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Olive oil — Production was 17,300 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, olive oil — production in Lebanon stood at 17,300 t.
That represents a change of down 13.5% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Lebanon peaked at 32,000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,000 t, in 1962.
Lebanon ranks 18th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 7,589 t | 2,000 t | 13,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,445 t | 2,250 t | 12,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,101 t | 2,295 t | 13,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,454 t | 2,000 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,160 t | 5,300 t | 15,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,942 t | 11,200 t | 32,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,175 t | 14,300 t | 20,000 t | 4 |
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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 olive oil — production in Lebanon?
- Olive oil — production in Lebanon was 17,300 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 32,000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1962.
- How does Lebanon rank for olive oil — production?
- Lebanon ranks 18th out of 38 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 Olive oil — Production. 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.