Tomatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 5,400 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Lebanon is 5,400 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 9,915 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Lebanon 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,940 ha | +22.5% |
| 1965 | 4,290 ha | +45.9% |
| 1966 | 4,633 ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 4,489 ha | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 4,918 ha | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 5,707 ha | +16.0% |
| 1970 | 4,938 ha | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 4,873 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 4,569 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 4,359 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 4,923 ha | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 4,500 ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 5,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 1987 | 7,683 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 7,845 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 8,120 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 8,415 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 8,952 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 8,933 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 8,550 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 8,141 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 9,915 ha | +10.2% |
| 1997 | 6,100 ha | -38.5% |
| 1998 | 5,100 ha | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 5,700 ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 4,700 ha | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 4,400 ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 5,163 ha | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 3,815 ha | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 3,100 ha | -18.7% |
| 2005 | 3,700 ha | +19.4% |
| 2006 | 3,880 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 4,060 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 4,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,098 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 4,383 ha | +41.5% |
| 2011 | 3,694 ha | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 3,780 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 3,748 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 4,817 ha | +28.5% |
| 2015 | 6,149 ha | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 5,363 ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 5,446 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 6,819 ha | +25.2% |
| 2019 | 7,232 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 5,931 ha | -18.0% |
| 2021 | 5,563 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 5,148 ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 4,949 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 5,400 ha | +9.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 5,400 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 44% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 5,400 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,558 ha, 82% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,786 ha | 2,300 ha | 5,707 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,766 ha | 4,359 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,295 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,881 ha | 5,100 ha | 9,915 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,998 ha | 3,098 ha | 5,163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,143 ha | 3,694 ha | 7,232 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,398 ha | 4,949 ha | 5,931 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 71 Australia and New Zealand 5,715 ha compare
- 72 North Macedonia 5,597 ha compare
- 73 Sri Lanka 5,514 ha compare
- 75 Australia 5,251 ha compare
- 76 Republic of Korea 5,109 ha compare
- 77 Madagascar 4,926 ha compare
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Lebanon was 5,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 9,915 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Lebanon rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.