Sunflower seed — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,155 kg/ha in 2001. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2001
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Lebanon is 2,155 kg/ha, measured in 2001.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Lebanon peaked at 3,750 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 122.7 kg/ha, in 1973.
Lebanon ranks 23rd of 76 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.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1966 | 518.1 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 354.8 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1968 | 580 kg/ha | +63.5% |
| 1969 | 547.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 382.7 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1971 | 469.9 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1972 | 435 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 122.7 kg/ha | -71.8% |
| 1974 | 366.7 kg/ha | +198.9% |
| 1975 | 600 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,667 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1981 | 3,750 kg/ha | +125.0% |
| 1982 | 3,438 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 3,636 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 3,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,548 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 3,097 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 2,117 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1988 | 2,150 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 2,149 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,154 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,725 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1992 | 1,838 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 1,824 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 1,928 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 1,857 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 2,302 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1997 | 2,254 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 2,284 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 2,084 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 2,155 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 2,155 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,095 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 2,155 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,753 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +198.9% | 122.7 kg/ha | 366.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +125.0% | 1,667 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -71.8% | 435 kg/ha | 122.7 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +66.7% | 600 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +66.7% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +63.5% | 354.8 kg/ha | 580 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 711.2 kg/ha | 354.8 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 637.7 kg/ha | 122.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,919 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,017 kg/ha | 1,725 kg/ha | 2,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,119 kg/ha | 2,084 kg/ha | 2,155 kg/ha | 2 |
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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 sunflower seed — yield in Lebanon?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Lebanon was 2,155 kg/ha in 2001, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 3,750 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 122.7 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Lebanon rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 23rd out of 76 countries with data for 2001.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.