Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 22,450 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Lebanon stood at 22,450 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 32,199 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,160 ha, in 1976.
Lebanon ranks 100th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 6,600 ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 6,100 ha | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 4,560 ha | -25.2% |
| 1966 | 6,307 ha | +38.3% |
| 1967 | 6,989 ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 7,871 ha | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 9,209 ha | +17.0% |
| 1970 | 9,122 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 9,254 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 9,366 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 8,949 ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 8,711 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 3,660 ha | -58.0% |
| 1976 | 3,160 ha | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 4,660 ha | +47.5% |
| 1978 | 6,660 ha | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 7,050 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 7,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 9,040 ha | +28.2% |
| 1982 | 8,535 ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 8,035 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 8,035 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,140 ha | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 10,517 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 12,155 ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 12,733 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 13,218 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 13,330 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 13,352 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 13,296 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 13,060 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 13,793 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 14,325 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 14,633 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 13,184 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 15,151 ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 14,850 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 12,945 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 11,944 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 16,940 ha | +41.8% |
| 2003 | 19,201 ha | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 19,567 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 19,736 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 19,935 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 20,140 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 20,140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18,941 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 11,173 ha | -41.0% |
| 2011 | 11,542 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 12,045 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 15,847 ha | +31.6% |
| 2014 | 17,954 ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 21,620 ha | +20.4% |
| 2016 | 22,148 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 22,332 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 23,639 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 23,839 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 23,425 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 22,118 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 32,199 ha | +45.6% |
| 2023 | 27,697 ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 22,450 ha | -18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,676 ha | 4,560 ha | 9,209 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,059 ha | 3,160 ha | 9,366 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,946 ha | 7,050 ha | 13,218 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,897 ha | 13,060 ha | 15,151 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,949 ha | 11,944 ha | 20,140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,214 ha | 11,173 ha | 23,839 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,578 ha | 22,118 ha | 32,199 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Lebanon was 22,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 32,199 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,160 ha in 1976.
- How does Lebanon rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.