Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 24,781 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 24,781 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Lebanon peaked at 37,818 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6,830 kg/ha, in 1966.
Lebanon ranks 29th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,364 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1963 | 11,667 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1964 | 11,630 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 11,638 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 6,830 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 1967 | 8,122 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1968 | 9,383 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1969 | 8,529 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 10,350 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 8,046 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1972 | 10,110 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1973 | 10,418 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 14,012 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,556 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 13,263 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1983 | 13,500 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 14,286 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 14,546 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 15,652 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 16,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 16,296 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 16,207 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 16,129 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 16,116 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 15,825 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 16,471 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 15,790 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 16,585 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 16,787 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 28,000 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 1998 | 33,714 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1999 | 37,818 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 21,454 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2001 | 23,816 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 15,667 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 15,143 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 20,333 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2005 | 18,231 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 16,828 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 17,625 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 18,329 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 19,201 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 19,340 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 19,400 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 19,136 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 19,488 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 19,920 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 20,887 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 21,104 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 29,685 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2018 | 29,630 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 24,596 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 28,038 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 24,643 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 24,922 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 24,707 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 24,781 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 24,781 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,646 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 24,781 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,361 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +66.8% | 16,787 kg/ha | 28,000 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -43.3% | 37,818 kg/ha | 21,454 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -41.3% | 11,638 kg/ha | 6,830 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +40.7% | 21,104 kg/ha | 29,685 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -34.2% | 23,816 kg/ha | 15,667 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +34.5% | 10,418 kg/ha | 14,012 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,925 kg/ha | 6,830 kg/ha | 16,364 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,294 kg/ha | 8,046 kg/ha | 14,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,031 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 16,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,323 kg/ha | 15,790 kg/ha | 37,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,663 kg/ha | 15,143 kg/ha | 23,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,319 kg/ha | 19,136 kg/ha | 29,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,418 kg/ha | 24,643 kg/ha | 28,038 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Lebanon?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Lebanon was 24,781 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 37,818 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,830 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Lebanon rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.