Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 318 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Lebanon stood at 318 ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 8,295 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2002.
Lebanon ranks 123rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 856 ha | — |
| 1962 | 943 ha | +10.2% |
| 1963 | 940 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,825 ha | +94.1% |
| 1965 | 1,525 ha | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 2,225 ha | +45.9% |
| 1967 | 2,103 ha | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 2,508 ha | +19.3% |
| 1969 | 2,211 ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 2,124 ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 2,764 ha | +30.1% |
| 1972 | 3,815 ha | +38.0% |
| 1973 | 2,536 ha | -33.5% |
| 1974 | 1,875 ha | -26.1% |
| 1975 | 1,510 ha | -19.5% |
| 1976 | 4,015 ha | +165.9% |
| 1977 | 3,020 ha | -24.8% |
| 1978 | 3,025 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 3,025 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 745 ha | -75.4% |
| 1981 | 2,025 ha | +171.8% |
| 1982 | 1,142 ha | -43.6% |
| 1983 | 1,140 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 1,420 ha | +24.6% |
| 1985 | 1,630 ha | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,598 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 1,617 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1,707 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 1,665 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 246 ha | -85.2% |
| 1992 | 3,817 ha | +1451.6% |
| 1993 | 3,455 ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 4,248 ha | +23.0% |
| 1995 | 4,410 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 4,354 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 6,812 ha | +56.5% |
| 1998 | 6,193 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 8,295 ha | +33.9% |
| 2000 | 7,222 ha | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 270 ha | -96.3% |
| 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 23,189 ha, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 318 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 1.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 | +1451.6% | 246 ha | 3,817 ha |
| 2011 | +494.5% | 55 ha | 327 ha |
| 2014 | +266.7% | 60 ha | 220 ha |
| 1981 | +171.8% | 745 ha | 2,025 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,682 ha | 856 ha | 2,508 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,771 ha | 1,510 ha | 4,015 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,472 ha | 745 ha | 2,025 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,350 ha | 246 ha | 8,295 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,142 ha | 0 ha | 7,222 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 247.7 ha | 55 ha | 327 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 317.4 ha | 315 ha | 319 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 crops primary — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Lebanon was 318 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 8,295 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2002.
- How does Lebanon rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 123rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — 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.