Olives — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Olives — Production was 141,179 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — production in Lebanon is 141,179 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.9% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — production in Lebanon peaked at 200,000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15,000 t, in 1979.
That places Lebanon 14th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 t | -75.4% |
| 1963 | 60,000 t | +275.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 t | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 49,000 t | +63.3% |
| 1966 | 29,376 t | -40.0% |
| 1967 | 67,773 t | +130.7% |
| 1968 | 32,184 t | -52.5% |
| 1969 | 46,268 t | +43.8% |
| 1970 | 44,396 t | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 54,759 t | +23.3% |
| 1972 | 39,603 t | -27.7% |
| 1973 | 30,178 t | -23.8% |
| 1974 | 81,167 t | +169.0% |
| 1975 | 35,000 t | -56.9% |
| 1976 | 51,000 t | +45.7% |
| 1977 | 25,000 t | -51.0% |
| 1978 | 65,000 t | +160.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 t | -76.9% |
| 1980 | 80,000 t | +433.3% |
| 1981 | 15,000 t | -81.2% |
| 1982 | 75,000 t | +400.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 t | -73.3% |
| 1984 | 50,000 t | +150.0% |
| 1985 | 33,000 t | -34.0% |
| 1986 | 50,000 t | +51.5% |
| 1987 | 68,328 t | +36.7% |
| 1988 | 39,420 t | -42.3% |
| 1989 | 45,906 t | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 62,335 t | +35.8% |
| 1991 | 43,841 t | -29.7% |
| 1992 | 103,119 t | +135.2% |
| 1993 | 50,000 t | -51.5% |
| 1994 | 77,889 t | +55.8% |
| 1995 | 54,000 t | -30.7% |
| 1996 | 96,475 t | +78.7% |
| 1997 | 93,910 t | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 100,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 66,400 t | -33.6% |
| 2000 | 189,500 t | +185.4% |
| 2001 | 85,800 t | -54.7% |
| 2002 | 184,421 t | +114.9% |
| 2003 | 83,200 t | -54.9% |
| 2004 | 167,300 t | +101.1% |
| 2005 | 76,500 t | -54.3% |
| 2006 | 177,300 t | +131.8% |
| 2007 | 76,200 t | -57.0% |
| 2008 | 85,000 t | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 79,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 200,000 t | +153.2% |
| 2011 | 88,000 t | -56.0% |
| 2012 | 70,000 t | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 106,200 t | +51.7% |
| 2014 | 113,700 t | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 176,659 t | +55.4% |
| 2016 | 157,646 t | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 157,710 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 164,188 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 170,127 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 183,941 t | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 122,077 t | -33.6% |
| 2022 | 122,323 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 121,769 t | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 141,179 t | +15.9% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 141,179 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 143,100 t, 99% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 141,179 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 141,179 t, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +433.3% | 15,000 t | 80,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,956 t | 16,000 t | 67,773 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,110 t | 15,000 t | 81,167 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,665 t | 15,000 t | 80,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,797 t | 43,841 t | 103,119 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,422 t | 76,200 t | 189,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 140,423 t | 70,000 t | 200,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,258 t | 121,769 t | 183,941 t | 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 — production in Lebanon?
- Olives — production in Lebanon was 141,179 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 200,000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest olives — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 t in 1979.
- How does Lebanon rank for olives — production?
- Lebanon ranks 14th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 Olives — 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.