Plums and sloes — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Plums and sloes — Yield was 8,454 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Lebanon is 8,454 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Lebanon peaked at 28,443 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 4,546 kg/ha, in 1961.
Lebanon ranks 33rd of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,454 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 12,000 kg/ha | +120.0% |
| 1964 | 22,000 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 1965 | 21,454 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 10,781 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 1967 | 18,016 kg/ha | +67.1% |
| 1968 | 28,443 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1969 | 16,950 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1970 | 14,335 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1971 | 15,642 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 19,388 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1973 | 22,247 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 24,296 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 22,727 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 20,909 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 19,200 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 19,167 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 18,182 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 16,981 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 20,000 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1983 | 19,808 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 19,454 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 19,167 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 18,923 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 18,857 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 18,667 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 18,625 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 18,518 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 17,923 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 18,369 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 18,500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 18,095 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 18,140 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 18,462 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 19,966 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 17,000 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 18,714 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 10,780 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2001 | 14,250 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2002 | 10,869 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2003 | 9,074 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2004 | 11,954 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2005 | 12,143 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 12,010 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 12,153 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 11,905 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 12,014 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 11,453 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 11,471 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 11,643 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 11,580 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 11,755 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 15,065 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2016 | 13,132 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 12,340 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 11,375 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 10,364 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 10,450 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 7,832 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2022 | 7,765 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 7,780 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,454 kg/ha | +8.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 8,454 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,312 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 8,454 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,598 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield 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 | +120.0% | 5,454 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +83.3% | 12,000 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +67.1% | 10,781 kg/ha | 18,016 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +57.9% | 18,016 kg/ha | 28,443 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -49.8% | 21,454 kg/ha | 10,781 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -42.4% | 18,714 kg/ha | 10,780 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,516 kg/ha | 4,546 kg/ha | 28,443 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,791 kg/ha | 14,335 kg/ha | 24,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,866 kg/ha | 16,981 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,369 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 19,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,715 kg/ha | 9,074 kg/ha | 14,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,018 kg/ha | 10,364 kg/ha | 15,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,456 kg/ha | 7,765 kg/ha | 10,450 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,751 kg/ha compare
- 31 Algeria 8,637 kg/ha compare
- 32 Afghanistan 8,620 kg/ha compare
- 34 Bhutan 8,081 kg/ha compare
- 35 Canada 7,786 kg/ha compare
- 36 South Africa 7,679 kg/ha compare
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 plums and sloes — yield in Lebanon?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Lebanon was 8,454 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 28,443 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,546 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Lebanon rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 33rd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. 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 Plums and sloes — Yield. 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.