Sugar cane — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sugar cane — Yield was 24,103 kg/ha in 2000. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2000
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2000, sugar cane — yield in Lebanon stood at 24,103 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Lebanon peaked at 65,000 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 20,000 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Lebanon 90th out of 103 countries with data for 2000, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 33,640 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1966 | 33,520 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 65,000 kg/ha | +93.9% |
| 1968 | 25,111 kg/ha | -61.4% |
| 1969 | 23,818 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 21,667 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 21,538 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 20,667 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 21,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 22,600 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 25,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 20,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 25,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 20,833 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 21,250 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 20,500 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 20,922 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 21,500 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 21,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,522 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 21,475 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 21,752 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 21,613 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 22,213 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 22,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 22,487 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 23,158 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 24,503 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 24,359 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 24,103 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 24,103 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 24,103 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,384 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +93.9% | 33,520 kg/ha | 65,000 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -61.4% | 65,000 kg/ha | 25,111 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +25.0% | 20,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,899 kg/ha | 23,818 kg/ha | 65,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,247 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,251 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,508 kg/ha | 21,475 kg/ha | 24,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,103 kg/ha | 24,103 kg/ha | 24,103 kg/ha | 1 |
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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 cane — yield in Lebanon?
- Sugar cane — yield in Lebanon was 24,103 kg/ha in 2000, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 65,000 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Lebanon rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 90th out of 103 countries with data for 2000.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 cane — 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.