Sesame seed — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 43 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 43 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 450 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2000.
Lebanon ranks 63rd of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | -62.5% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 146 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 138 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 110 ha | -20.3% |
| 1970 | 134 ha | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 140 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 141 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 125 ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 182 ha | +45.6% |
| 1975 | 140 ha | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 75 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 262 ha | +19.1% |
| 1992 | 273 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 270 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 265 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 255 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 247 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 120 ha | -52.0% |
| 2000 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 75 ha | — |
| 2003 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 77 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 68 ha | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 60 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 59 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 56 ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 54 ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 51 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 49 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 47 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 46 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 44 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 42 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 44 ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 43 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 232.67 ha | 110 ha | 450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132.2 ha | 100 ha | 182 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 103 ha | 75 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 241.2 ha | 120 ha | 273 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59 ha | 0 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.9 ha | 42 ha | 61 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.2 ha | 43 ha | 44 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.05 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.05 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Lebanon was 43 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 450 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2000.
- How does Lebanon rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 63rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Area harvested. 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.