Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 8,321 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 8,321 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 11,800 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1991.
That places Lebanon 30th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,010 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,200 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 4,658 ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 6,750 ha | +44.9% |
| 1965 | 6,550 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 6,603 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 6,778 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 7,183 ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 6,633 ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 8,078 ha | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 7,614 ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 7,778 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 7,740 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 7,527 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 7,722 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 7,722 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,722 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,722 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | -22.3% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 3,350 ha | -33.0% |
| 1982 | 3,320 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 3,350 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 2,576 ha | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 2,458 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 1,954 ha | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 1,515 ha | -22.5% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 2,800 ha | +80.6% |
| 1994 | 3,108 ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 6,200 ha | +99.5% |
| 1996 | 9,516 ha | +53.5% |
| 1997 | 9,193 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 11,300 ha | +22.9% |
| 1999 | 11,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 8,726 ha | -26.1% |
| 2001 | 9,110 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 8,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 8,983 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 9,390 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 9,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 8,640 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 8,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 7,514 ha | -16.5% |
| 2010 | 8,344 ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 8,664 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 8,954 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 8,629 ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 8,594 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 8,549 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 8,546 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,130 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 8,054 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 7,909 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 8,031 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 8,442 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 8,323 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 8,322 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,321 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,929 ha | 4,010 ha | 7,183 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,562 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,078 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,141 ha | 1,954 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,848 ha | 1,500 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,766 ha | 7,514 ha | 9,390 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,437 ha | 7,909 ha | 8,954 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,288 ha | 8,031 ha | 8,442 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Lebanon was 8,321 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 11,800 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1991.
- How does Lebanon rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 30th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. 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.