Spinach — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Spinach — Area harvested was 133 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Lebanon is 133 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 1,100 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 98 ha, in 2000.
Lebanon ranks 46th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 175 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 176 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 160 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 164 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 209 ha | +27.4% |
| 1972 | 209 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 226 ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 236 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 663 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 666 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 720 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 950 ha | +31.9% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 842 ha | -23.5% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | -52.5% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 98 ha | -67.3% |
| 2001 | 105 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 280 ha | +166.7% |
| 2003 | 127 ha | -54.6% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | +136.2% |
| 2005 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 2006 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | -40.0% |
| 2008 | 278 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 200 ha | -28.1% |
| 2010 | 379 ha | +89.5% |
| 2011 | 280 ha | -26.1% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -21.4% |
| 2013 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 218 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 114 ha | -47.7% |
| 2017 | 110 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 154 ha | +40.0% |
| 2019 | 126 ha | -18.2% |
| 2020 | 130 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 137 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 131 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 132 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 133 ha | +0.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 133 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 616 ha, 22% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 133 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 72% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +166.7% | 105 ha | 280 ha |
| 2004 | +136.2% | 127 ha | 300 ha |
| 2010 | +89.5% | 200 ha | 379 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154.56 ha | 100 ha | 180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 229.4 ha | 164 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355 ha | 250 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 694.1 ha | 300 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 260.8 ha | 98 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203.1 ha | 110 ha | 379 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132.6 ha | 130 ha | 137 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
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 spinach — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Spinach — area harvested in Lebanon was 133 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 ha in 2000.
- How does Lebanon rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 46th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. 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 Spinach — 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.