Sugar beet — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sugar beet — Yield was 32,061 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — yield in Lebanon stood at 32,061 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Lebanon peaked at 73,356 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 21,667 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Lebanon 47th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 62 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,170 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,447 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 39,775 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 40,958 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 45,867 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 52,273 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 52,381 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 47,600 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 42,727 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 47,517 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 53,137 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 50,000 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 55,418 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 43,243 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1975 | 33,333 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1976 | 40,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 41,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 39,333 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 36,000 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 59,722 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 1981 | 50,000 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1982 | 54,973 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 55,454 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 55,147 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 51,613 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 50,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 59,450 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1988 | 58,700 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 60,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 60,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 51,210 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1992 | 56,249 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 56,284 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 56,295 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 58,054 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 58,243 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 54,005 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 50,000 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 45,617 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 48,627 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 56,296 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 73,356 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2005 | 72,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 70,000 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 52,857 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2008 | 71,860 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2009 | 24,390 kg/ha | -66.1% |
| 2010 | 29,009 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 31,188 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 30,822 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 21,667 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2014 | 25,909 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2015 | 30,354 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 34,318 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 34,867 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 33,888 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 32,909 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 33,129 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 33,054 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 33,206 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 32,763 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 32,061 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 32,061 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 45,913 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 32,061 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36,437 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,022 kg/ha | 31,170 kg/ha | 52,381 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,898 kg/ha | 33,333 kg/ha | 55,418 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,506 kg/ha | 50,000 kg/ha | 60,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,596 kg/ha | 45,617 kg/ha | 60,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,673 kg/ha | 24,390 kg/ha | 73,356 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 30,493 kg/ha | 21,667 kg/ha | 34,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,842 kg/ha | 32,061 kg/ha | 33,206 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Lebanon?
- Sugar beet — yield in Lebanon was 32,061 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 73,356 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,667 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Lebanon rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 47th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.