Olives — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Olives — Area harvested was 64,600 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 64,600 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 64,600 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Lebanon 12th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | -63.0% |
| 1963 | 27,500 ha | +175.0% |
| 1964 | 28,618 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 26,618 ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 26,965 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 26,837 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 26,863 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 27,663 ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 27,066 ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 27,518 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 28,021 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 28,251 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 28,337 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 28,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 27,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1979 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 31,000 ha | +34.8% |
| 1981 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 33,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40,789 ha | +23.6% |
| 1988 | 40,955 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 42,515 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 42,989 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 43,031 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 43,026 ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 43,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 42,765 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 43,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 47,525 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 50,789 ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 51,552 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 51,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 55,646 ha | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 56,834 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 57,570 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 57,564 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 58,531 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 58,824 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 59,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 58,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 56,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 57,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 53,647 ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 53,600 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 53,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 53,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58,820 ha | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 59,628 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 59,780 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 61,380 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 62,233 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 63,404 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 64,139 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 64,074 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 64,071 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 64,082 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 64,600 ha | +0.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 64,600 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66,416 ha, 97% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 64,600 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +175.0% | 10,000 ha | 27,500 ha |
| 1962 | -63.0% | 27,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1980 | +34.8% | 23,000 ha | 31,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,340 ha | 10,000 ha | 28,618 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,519 ha | 21,000 ha | 28,337 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,526 ha | 31,000 ha | 42,515 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,878 ha | 42,765 ha | 51,552 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,647 ha | 55,646 ha | 59,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,969 ha | 53,600 ha | 63,404 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,193 ha | 64,071 ha | 64,600 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 olives — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Olives — area harvested in Lebanon was 64,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 64,600 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Lebanon rank for olives — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 12th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 Olives — 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.