Vetches — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Vetches — Area harvested was 289 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — area harvested in Lebanon is 289 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 12,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 210 ha, in 2015.
Lebanon ranks 33rd of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 4,235 ha | +69.4% |
| 1965 | 5,150 ha | +21.6% |
| 1966 | 5,022 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 5,656 ha | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 5,778 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 5,465 ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 5,723 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 5,746 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 6,294 ha | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +90.7% |
| 1974 | 7,259 ha | -39.5% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 3,250 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 3,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 3,950 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 4,070 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 4,178 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 4,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 4,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 4,230 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 4,241 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 4,250 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 4,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 4,350 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3,800 ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 3,100 ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 2,700 ha | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 1,900 ha | -29.6% |
| 2009 | 1,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 2010 | 583 ha | -41.7% |
| 2011 | 600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 505 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 324 ha | -35.8% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | -35.2% |
| 2016 | 346 ha | +64.8% |
| 2017 | 293 ha | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 283 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 308 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 295 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 299 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 295 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 292 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 289 ha | -1.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 289 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 754 ha, 38% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 289 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 626 ha, 46% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +90.7% | 6,294 ha | 12,000 ha |
| 1964 | +69.4% | 2,500 ha | 4,235 ha |
| 2016 | +64.8% | 210 ha | 346 ha |
| 2009 | -47.4% | 1,900 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2010 | -41.7% | 1,000 ha | 583 ha |
| 1974 | -39.5% | 12,000 ha | 7,259 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,534 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,778 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,702 ha | 4,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,175 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,198 ha | 3,950 ha | 4,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,365 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 395.2 ha | 210 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 294 ha | 289 ha | 299 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 vetches — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Vetches — area harvested in Lebanon was 289 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 210 ha in 2015.
- How does Lebanon rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 33rd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Vetches — 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.