Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Lebanon
Lebanon: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 1,108 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Lebanon, 1966–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 1,108 1000 USD for soil working equipment (trade) — import value in 2008. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of up 93.0% on the previous year and up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Lebanon peaked at 1,108 1000 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 35 1000 USD, in 1971.
Lebanon ranks 117th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 282 1000 USD | — |
| 1967 | 159 1000 USD | -43.6% |
| 1968 | 52 1000 USD | -67.3% |
| 1969 | 49 1000 USD | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 47 1000 USD | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 35 1000 USD | -25.5% |
| 1972 | 44 1000 USD | +25.7% |
| 1973 | 86 1000 USD | +95.5% |
| 1974 | 100 1000 USD | +16.3% |
| 1975 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 1000 USD | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 150 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 200 1000 USD | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 300 1000 USD | +50.0% |
| 1992 | 400 1000 USD | +33.3% |
| 1993 | 500 1000 USD | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 600 1000 USD | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 650 1000 USD | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 700 1000 USD | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 814 1000 USD | +16.3% |
| 1998 | 731 1000 USD | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 562 1000 USD | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 517 1000 USD | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 676 1000 USD | +30.8% |
| 2002 | 494 1000 USD | -26.9% |
| 2003 | 751 1000 USD | +52.0% |
| 2004 | 712 1000 USD | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 554 1000 USD | -22.2% |
| 2006 | 550 1000 USD | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 574 1000 USD | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 1,108 1000 USD | +93.0% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 1,108 1000 USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,598 1000 USD, 69% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 1,108 1000 USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,298 1000 USD, 48% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value 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 | +95.5% | 44 1000 USD | 86 1000 USD |
| 2008 | +93.0% | 574 1000 USD | 1,108 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135.5 1000 USD | 49 1000 USD | 282 1000 USD | 4 |
| 1970s | 81.2 1000 USD | 35 1000 USD | 100 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 120 1000 USD | 100 1000 USD | 150 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 545.7 1000 USD | 200 1000 USD | 814 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 659.56 1000 USD | 494 1000 USD | 1,108 1000 USD | 9 |
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More environment data for Lebanon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.5 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7198 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Lebanon?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Lebanon was 1,108 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,108 1000 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 1000 USD in 1971.
- How does Lebanon rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Lebanon ranks 117th out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. 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 Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.