Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 30,201 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 30,201 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 48,796 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 12,450 ha, in 1961.
That places Lebanon 101st out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,045 ha | +12.8% |
| 1963 | 17,455 ha | +24.3% |
| 1964 | 17,695 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 20,133 ha | +13.8% |
| 1966 | 21,177 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 20,714 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 21,410 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 21,683 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 19,714 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 20,097 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 19,305 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 19,051 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 22,684 ha | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 19,800 ha | -12.7% |
| 1976 | 19,550 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 20,150 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 20,420 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 21,725 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 22,030 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 23,080 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 23,560 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 23,690 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 23,790 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 27,050 ha | +13.7% |
| 1986 | 30,835 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 33,408 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 36,585 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 38,661 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 40,227 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 42,565 ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 42,601 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 42,329 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 42,912 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 45,740 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 48,796 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 30,791 ha | -36.9% |
| 1998 | 26,900 ha | -12.6% |
| 1999 | 26,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 25,738 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 24,040 ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 24,871 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 24,436 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 24,521 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 24,153 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 24,176 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 23,799 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 24,874 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 21,698 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 29,203 ha | +34.6% |
| 2011 | 27,640 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 28,138 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 27,036 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 28,395 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 29,376 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 28,317 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 28,856 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 33,831 ha | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 34,646 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 32,395 ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 29,839 ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 29,782 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 28,887 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 30,201 ha | +4.5% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 30,201 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 51% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 30,201 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 70% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -36.9% | 48,796 ha | 30,791 ha |
| 2010 | +34.6% | 21,698 ha | 29,203 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,529 ha | 12,450 ha | 21,683 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,250 ha | 19,051 ha | 22,684 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,269 ha | 22,030 ha | 38,661 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,966 ha | 26,800 ha | 48,796 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,231 ha | 21,698 ha | 25,738 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,544 ha | 27,036 ha | 34,646 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,221 ha | 28,887 ha | 32,395 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8243 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0491 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3428 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1174 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Lebanon was 30,201 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 48,796 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,450 ha in 1961.
- How does Lebanon rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Vegetables 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.