Wheat — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Wheat — Yield was 2,970 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Lebanon is 2,970 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Lebanon peaked at 3,804 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 700.5 kg/ha, in 1968.
Lebanon ranks 70th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 995.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,096 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1963 | 1,091 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 850 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1965 | 719.9 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 1,028 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1967 | 1,018 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 700.5 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1969 | 763 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 904.2 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 848.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,261 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1973 | 1,100 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1974 | 1,453 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1975 | 1,250 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1976 | 1,081 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 1,111 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 888.9 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 1,333 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 1,294 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 1,278 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 1,111 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,324 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 1,500 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 1,950 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 2,150 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 1,970 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 2,230 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 2,281 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 2,292 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 2,224 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 2,476 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 2,473 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,626 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1998 | 2,067 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1999 | 1,881 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 2,702 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2001 | 3,200 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2002 | 2,736 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 2,539 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 2,934 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 2,903 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 2,900 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,201 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2008 | 2,880 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2009 | 2,799 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 2,782 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,968 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3,124 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 3,257 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 3,804 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 3,475 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 3,149 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 3,016 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2,937 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 2,176 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2020 | 2,986 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2021 | 2,916 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,865 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,867 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,970 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 2,970 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 2,970 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 917.99 kg/ha | 700.5 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,090 kg/ha | 848.4 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,152 kg/ha | 1,626 kg/ha | 2,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,779 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,069 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha | 3,804 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,921 kg/ha | 2,865 kg/ha | 2,986 kg/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 — yield in Lebanon?
- Wheat — yield in Lebanon was 2,970 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 3,804 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 700.5 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for wheat — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 70th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. 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 Wheat — Yield. 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.