Sugar beet — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 318 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — area harvested in Lebanon stood at 318 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 8,100 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2002.
Lebanon ranks 49th of 68 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.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 786 ha | — |
| 1962 | 868 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 890 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,775 ha | +99.4% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | -15.5% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,499 ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1970 | 2,112 ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 2,751 ha | +30.3% |
| 1972 | 3,800 ha | +38.1% |
| 1973 | 2,516 ha | -33.8% |
| 1974 | 1,850 ha | -26.5% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | -18.9% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +166.7% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 720 ha | -76.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +177.8% |
| 1982 | 1,112 ha | -44.4% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 1,360 ha | +23.6% |
| 1985 | 1,550 ha | +14.0% |
| 1986 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,495 ha | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 1,511 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,595 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 1,550 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 124 ha | -92.0% |
| 1992 | 3,664 ha | +2854.8% |
| 1993 | 3,300 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 4,074 ha | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 4,240 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 4,159 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 6,622 ha | +59.2% |
| 1998 | 6,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 8,100 ha | +35.0% |
| 2000 | 7,027 ha | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 270 ha | -96.2% |
| 2002 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 0 ha | — |
| 2004 | 1,156 ha | — |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | -54.5% |
| 2007 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 430 ha | -38.6% |
| 2009 | 41 ha | -90.5% |
| 2010 | 55 ha | +34.1% |
| 2011 | 327 ha | +494.5% |
| 2012 | 246 ha | -24.8% |
| 2013 | 60 ha | -75.6% |
| 2014 | 220 ha | +266.7% |
| 2015 | 325 ha | +47.7% |
| 2016 | 300 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 306 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 314 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 324 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 315 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 318 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 319 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 317 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 318 ha | +0.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 318 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,151 ha, 28% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 318 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 337 ha, 94% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +2854.8% | 124 ha | 3,664 ha |
| 2011 | +494.5% | 55 ha | 327 ha |
| 2014 | +266.7% | 60 ha | 220 ha |
| 1981 | +177.8% | 720 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,646 ha | 786 ha | 2,499 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,753 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,404 ha | 720 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,183 ha | 124 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,122 ha | 0 ha | 7,027 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 247.7 ha | 55 ha | 327 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 317.4 ha | 315 ha | 319 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 46 Mali 608 ha compare
- 47 Albania 517 ha compare
- 48 Afghanistan 337 ha compare
- 50 Slovenia 150 ha compare
- 51 Uzbekistan 145 ha compare
- 52 North Macedonia 143 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Lebanon was 318 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 8,100 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2002.
- How does Lebanon rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 49th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.