Wheat — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Wheat — Area harvested was 31,647 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 31,647 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 42.8% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 76,400 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1980.
That places Lebanon 83rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,635 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 55,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1964 | 70,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1965 | 76,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 68,079 ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 66,522 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 68,051 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 43,192 ha | -36.5% |
| 1970 | 47,562 ha | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 48,294 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 50,504 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 50,125 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 52,006 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 52,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 37,000 ha | -28.8% |
| 1977 | 45,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1981 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 25,240 ha | +26.2% |
| 1988 | 25,743 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 26,250 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 26,390 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 26,276 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 27,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 23,681 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 24,230 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 23,595 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 35,906 ha | +52.2% |
| 1998 | 39,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 38,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 40,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 43,600 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 43,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 45,808 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 46,620 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 49,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 52,900 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 52,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 49,900 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 39,800 ha | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 29,840 ha | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 42,112 ha | +41.1% |
| 2012 | 48,007 ha | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 42,988 ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 36,800 ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 40,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 40,977 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 41,715 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 44,937 ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 47,198 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 49,393 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 51,522 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 53,362 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 55,368 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 31,647 ha | -42.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 31,647 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 58% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 31,647 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 50% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -66.7% | 45,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1997 | +52.2% | 23,595 ha | 35,906 ha |
| 2024 | -42.8% | 55,368 ha | 31,647 ha |
| 2011 | +41.1% | 29,840 ha | 42,112 ha |
| 1969 | -36.5% | 68,051 ha | 43,192 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,964 ha | 43,192 ha | 76,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,249 ha | 37,000 ha | 52,006 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,723 ha | 15,000 ha | 26,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,888 ha | 23,595 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,443 ha | 39,800 ha | 52,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,457 ha | 29,840 ha | 48,007 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,258 ha | 31,647 ha | 55,368 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 wheat — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Wheat — area harvested in Lebanon was 31,647 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 76,400 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1980.
- How does Lebanon rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 83rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.