Potatoes — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Potatoes — Yield was 27,263 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Lebanon is 27,263 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Lebanon peaked at 32,121 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Lebanon 48th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 10,769 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 12,027 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 12,740 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 11,750 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1968 | 10,053 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1969 | 9,614 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1970 | 10,445 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 12,014 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 12,711 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 13,141 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 10,835 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 9,722 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 9,677 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 9,783 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 10,606 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 16,000 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 1980 | 19,286 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1981 | 15,556 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 14,824 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 17,000 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1984 | 15,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 21,614 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1986 | 22,412 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 15,663 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1988 | 15,434 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 17,847 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 18,093 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 20,153 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 21,034 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 20,385 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 23,427 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 23,877 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 24,149 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 22,000 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 20,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 19,027 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 21,318 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 21,597 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 23,497 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 21,726 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 25,550 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 25,959 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 20,000 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2007 | 25,602 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2008 | 25,602 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 22,487 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 23,797 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 23,913 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 23,333 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 26,076 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 25,230 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 28,165 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 28,595 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 29,255 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 32,121 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 19,084 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2020 | 27,108 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2021 | 24,113 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 25,852 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 23,741 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 27,263 kg/ha | +14.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 27,263 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 27,263 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,643 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 12,740 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,493 kg/ha | 9,677 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,463 kg/ha | 14,824 kg/ha | 22,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,214 kg/ha | 18,093 kg/ha | 24,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,334 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 25,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,957 kg/ha | 19,084 kg/ha | 32,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,615 kg/ha | 23,741 kg/ha | 27,263 kg/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 — yield in Lebanon?
- Potatoes — yield in Lebanon was 27,263 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 32,121 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Lebanon rank for potatoes — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 48th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.