Watermelons — Area harvested in Lebanon
Lebanon: Watermelons — Area harvested was 1,273 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Lebanon is 1,273 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Lebanon peaked at 4,299 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1,104 ha, in 2016.
Lebanon ranks 70th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 3,150 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 2,677 ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 2,015 ha | -24.7% |
| 1968 | 1,904 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 2,047 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 2,264 ha | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 2,661 ha | +17.5% |
| 1973 | 2,605 ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 2,471 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | -19.1% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 2,707 ha | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 2,730 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 2,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 3,448 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 4,299 ha | +24.7% |
| 1998 | 3,200 ha | -25.6% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 2,050 ha | -41.4% |
| 2001 | 2,127 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 2,700 ha | +26.9% |
| 2003 | 2,436 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 2,380 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 1,820 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 1,550 ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | +35.5% |
| 2009 | 1,619 ha | -22.9% |
| 2010 | 2,105 ha | +30.0% |
| 2011 | 2,151 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 1,690 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 1,623 ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,418 ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 1,104 ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 1,302 ha | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 1,325 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,327 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,311 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,242 ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,294 ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 1,282 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,273 ha | -0.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 1,273 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 21% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 1,273 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 33% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,577 ha | 1,904 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,200 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,661 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,895 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,138 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,299 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,088 ha | 1,550 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,584 ha | 1,104 ha | 2,151 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,280 ha | 1,242 ha | 1,311 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
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 watermelons — area harvested in Lebanon?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Lebanon was 1,273 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,299 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,104 ha in 2016.
- How does Lebanon rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Lebanon ranks 70th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. 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 Watermelons — 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.