Sorghum — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sorghum — Area harvested was 299 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 299 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 82.0% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 2,292 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 125 ha, in 1983.
Lebanon ranks 91st of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 1,456 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 1,267 ha | -13.0% |
| 1968 | 1,164 ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 1,115 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 1,407 ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 1,413 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,352 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 1,419 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | -53.8% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 1981 | 175 ha | -30.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 125 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 987 ha | +689.6% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 1,190 ha | +19.0% |
| 1987 | 1,325 ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 1,212 ha | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 1,259 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,296 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 1,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 1,314 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1,320 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1,097 ha | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 1,130 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,007 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 1,010 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,012 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 564 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 520 ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 480 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 410 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 370 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 290 ha | -21.6% |
| 2010 | 228 ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 230 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 230 ha | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 219 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 216 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 220 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,436 ha | +552.7% |
| 2019 | 1,657 ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 2,292 ha | +38.3% |
| 2021 | 1,925 ha | -16.0% |
| 2022 | 2,038 ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 1,658 ha | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 299 ha | -82.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 299 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 299 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 13% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +689.6% | 125 ha | 987 ha |
| 2018 | +552.7% | 220 ha | 1,436 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,232 ha | 800 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,011 ha | 400 ha | 1,419 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 767.3 ha | 125 ha | 1,325 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,149 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 558.4 ha | 290 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 492.6 ha | 216 ha | 1,657 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,642 ha | 299 ha | 2,292 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 88 Papua New Guinea 1,129 ha compare
- 89 Eswatini 1,000 ha compare
- 90 Panama 376 ha compare
- 92 Dominican Republic 219 ha compare
- 93 Algeria 178 ha compare
- 94 Czechoslovakia 152 ha compare
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 sorghum — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Lebanon was 299 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,292 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 ha in 1983.
- How does Lebanon rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.