Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 2,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Lebanon is 2,200 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 3,212 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 275 ha, in 1965.
That places Lebanon 46th out of 90 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.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | -45.5% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 275 ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 278 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 365 ha | +31.3% |
| 1968 | 352 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 396 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 495 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 511 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 526 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 454 ha | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 716 ha | +57.7% |
| 1975 | 550 ha | -23.2% |
| 1976 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 530 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 520 ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 550 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 1,797 ha | +121.9% |
| 1992 | 1,950 ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 2,197 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2,005 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 2,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,384 ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 2,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,291 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 2,215 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 2,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 2,065 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,016 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 1,981 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 1,921 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,964 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,056 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,062 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,423 ha | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 2,997 ha | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 3,212 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 3,048 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 3,054 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,798 ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 2,693 ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 2,287 ha | -15.1% |
| 2022 | 2,287 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,287 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,200 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 529.56 ha | 275 ha | 1,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 540.2 ha | 454 ha | 716 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 617 ha | 520 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,921 ha | 810 ha | 2,197 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,175 ha | 1,981 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,554 ha | 1,921 ha | 3,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,351 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,693 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Lebanon was 2,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 3,212 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 275 ha in 1965.
- How does Lebanon rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 46th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.