Sorghum — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sorghum — Yield was 2,342 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 2,342 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Lebanon peaked at 2,342 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 305 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Lebanon 39th out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,083 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,125 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 1,167 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 1,600 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1966 | 969.8 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1967 | 931.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 305 kg/ha | -67.3% |
| 1969 | 555.5 kg/ha | +82.1% |
| 1970 | 616.1 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 589.9 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 649.7 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 664.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 774.5 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1975 | 538.5 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1976 | 833.3 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1977 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 714.3 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1982 | 666.7 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 800 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 1,050 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 966.4 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 1,185 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1988 | 1,212 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1,250 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,300 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 1,399 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 1,439 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,507 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 1,575 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,717 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 1,703 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,683 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,600 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 1,556 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1,429 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 1,608 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 1,697 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 1,827 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1,792 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1,878 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,865 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 2,000 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 1,930 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,956 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,917 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 2,087 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2,104 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,131 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,182 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,201 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,208 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,225 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 2,270 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,291 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 2,317 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,342 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 2,342 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 2,342 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +82.1% | 305 kg/ha | 555.5 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -67.3% | 931.3 kg/ha | 305 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +54.7% | 538.5 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -39.4% | 1,600 kg/ha | 969.8 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +37.1% | 1,167 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -30.5% | 774.5 kg/ha | 538.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 978.14 kg/ha | 305 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 729.95 kg/ha | 538.5 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 984.45 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,517 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,725 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,072 kg/ha | 1,917 kg/ha | 2,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,289 kg/ha | 2,225 kg/ha | 2,342 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 36 Ethiopia 2,485 kg/ha compare
- 37 Paraguay 2,375 kg/ha compare
- 38 Colombia 2,374 kg/ha compare
- 40 South Africa 2,328 kg/ha compare
- 41 Yugoslav SFR 2,134 kg/ha compare
- 42 Costa Rica 2,000 kg/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 — yield in Lebanon?
- Sorghum — yield in Lebanon was 2,342 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,342 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 305 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for sorghum — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 39th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.