Potatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Potatoes — Area harvested was 22,400 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 22,400 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 32,149 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,100 ha, in 1976.
Lebanon ranks 69th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 4,460 ha | -25.7% |
| 1966 | 6,207 ha | +39.2% |
| 1967 | 6,889 ha | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 7,721 ha | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 9,009 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 8,922 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 9,054 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 9,166 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 8,891 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 8,651 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | -58.4% |
| 1976 | 3,100 ha | -13.9% |
| 1977 | 4,600 ha | +48.4% |
| 1978 | 6,600 ha | +43.5% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1982 | 8,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,100 ha | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 10,472 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 12,105 ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 12,678 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 13,158 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 13,265 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 13,278 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 13,217 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 13,735 ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 14,270 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 14,581 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 13,134 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 15,100 ha | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 14,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 12,900 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 11,900 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 16,900 ha | +42.0% |
| 2003 | 19,166 ha | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 19,530 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 19,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 19,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 20,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 20,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18,900 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 11,131 ha | -41.1% |
| 2011 | 11,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 15,800 ha | +31.7% |
| 2014 | 17,910 ha | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 21,575 ha | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 22,101 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 22,284 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 23,590 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 23,789 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 23,376 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 22,068 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 32,149 ha | +45.7% |
| 2023 | 27,647 ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 22,400 ha | -19.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 22,400 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 22,400 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | -58.4% | 8,651 ha | 3,600 ha |
| 1977 | +48.4% | 3,100 ha | 4,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,560 ha | 4,460 ha | 9,009 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,958 ha | 3,100 ha | 9,166 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,901 ha | 7,000 ha | 13,158 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,838 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,910 ha | 11,900 ha | 20,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,168 ha | 11,131 ha | 23,789 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,528 ha | 22,068 ha | 32,149 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 potatoes — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Lebanon was 22,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 32,149 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,100 ha in 1976.
- How does Lebanon rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 69th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. 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 Potatoes — 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.