Oranges — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Oranges — Area harvested was 3,800 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Lebanon is 3,800 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 10,570 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3,800 ha, in 2024.
That places Lebanon 58th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1965 | 8,650 ha | +23.6% |
| 1966 | 8,550 ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 7,869 ha | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 8,021 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 8,040 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 8,934 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 9,030 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 8,153 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 7,463 ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 7,641 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 7,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 7,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,207 ha | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 9,475 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 9,713 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 9,978 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 10,011 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 9,934 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | -24.5% |
| 1994 | 5,543 ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 5,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 5,980 ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 9,674 ha | +61.8% |
| 1998 | 8,300 ha | -14.2% |
| 1999 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 8,820 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 8,900 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 8,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 10,157 ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 10,570 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 10,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 10,350 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 10,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 8,240 ha | -20.8% |
| 2010 | 5,518 ha | -33.0% |
| 2011 | 7,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 7,494 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 7,238 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 6,820 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 5,080 ha | -25.5% |
| 2016 | 5,626 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 4,123 ha | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 5,502 ha | +33.4% |
| 2019 | 4,971 ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 4,325 ha | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 3,909 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 3,909 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,895 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,800 ha | -2.4% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 3,800 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 59% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 3,800 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,968 ha, 96% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +61.8% | 5,980 ha | 9,674 ha |
| 2010 | -33.0% | 8,240 ha | 5,518 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,314 ha | 5,700 ha | 8,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,982 ha | 7,463 ha | 9,030 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,280 ha | 7,500 ha | 9,713 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,092 ha | 5,543 ha | 10,011 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,694 ha | 8,240 ha | 10,570 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,937 ha | 4,123 ha | 7,494 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,968 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,325 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 oranges — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Oranges — area harvested in Lebanon was 3,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 10,570 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 58th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — 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.