Sugar beet — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sugar beet — Production was 10,185 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — production in Lebanon is 10,185 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 78.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — production in Lebanon peaked at 369,500 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2002.
Lebanon ranks 46th 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 — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 29,900 t | +22.0% |
| 1963 | 35,400 t | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 72,700 t | +105.4% |
| 1965 | 68,800 t | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 115,000 t | +67.2% |
| 1967 | 110,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 118,952 t | +8.1% |
| 1969 | 94,000 t | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 100,356 t | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 146,181 t | +45.7% |
| 1972 | 190,000 t | +30.0% |
| 1973 | 139,431 t | -26.6% |
| 1974 | 80,000 t | -42.6% |
| 1975 | 50,000 t | -37.5% |
| 1976 | 160,000 t | +220.0% |
| 1977 | 123,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 118,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 108,000 t | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 43,000 t | -60.2% |
| 1981 | 100,000 t | +132.6% |
| 1982 | 61,130 t | -38.9% |
| 1983 | 61,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 75,000 t | +23.0% |
| 1985 | 80,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 80,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 88,878 t | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 88,695 t | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 95,700 t | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 93,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 6,350 t | -93.2% |
| 1992 | 206,095 t | +3145.6% |
| 1993 | 185,737 t | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 229,346 t | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 246,150 t | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 242,233 t | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 357,619 t | +47.6% |
| 1998 | 300,000 t | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 369,500 t | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 341,700 t | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 15,200 t | -95.6% |
| 2002 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 0 t | — |
| 2004 | 84,800 t | — |
| 2005 | 79,200 t | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 35,000 t | -55.8% |
| 2007 | 37,000 t | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 30,900 t | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 1,000 t | -96.8% |
| 2010 | 1,596 t | +59.6% |
| 2011 | 10,199 t | +539.2% |
| 2012 | 7,598 t | -25.5% |
| 2013 | 1,300 t | -82.9% |
| 2014 | 5,700 t | +338.5% |
| 2015 | 9,872 t | +73.2% |
| 2016 | 10,298 t | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 10,654 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 10,654 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10,654 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,421 t | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 10,496 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10,580 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 10,383 t | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 10,185 t | -1.9% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 10,185 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,893 t, 17% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 10,185 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 10,185 t, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Production 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 | +3145.6% | 6,350 t | 206,095 t |
| 2011 | +539.2% | 1,596 t | 10,199 t |
| 2014 | +338.5% | 1,300 t | 5,700 t |
| 1976 | +220.0% | 50,000 t | 160,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,361 t | 24,500 t | 118,952 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,497 t | 50,000 t | 190,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,340 t | 43,000 t | 100,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 223,603 t | 6,350 t | 369,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,480 t | 0 t | 341,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,852 t | 1,300 t | 10,654 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,413 t | 10,185 t | 10,580 t | 5 |
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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 — production in Lebanon?
- Sugar beet — production in Lebanon was 10,185 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 369,500 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2002.
- How does Lebanon rank for sugar beet — production?
- Lebanon ranks 46th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.7%. 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 Sugar beet — Production. 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.