Watermelons — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Watermelons — Production was 64,421 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Lebanon is 64,421 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Lebanon peaked at 173,900 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15,030 t, in 1968.
Lebanon ranks 66th of 131 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.
Watermelons — Production in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 35,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1963 | 21,000 t | -40.0% |
| 1964 | 27,300 t | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 23,500 t | -13.9% |
| 1966 | 15,205 t | -35.3% |
| 1967 | 18,737 t | +23.2% |
| 1968 | 15,030 t | -19.8% |
| 1969 | 19,419 t | +29.2% |
| 1970 | 19,691 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 24,206 t | +22.9% |
| 1972 | 33,286 t | +37.5% |
| 1973 | 24,285 t | -27.0% |
| 1974 | 27,881 t | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 30,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 31,450 t | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 32,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 30,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 34,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 35,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 42,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 50,000 t | +19.0% |
| 1990 | 58,000 t | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 67,872 t | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 68,413 t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 70,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 78,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 85,000 t | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 90,721 t | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 173,900 t | +91.7% |
| 1998 | 121,600 t | -30.1% |
| 1999 | 115,500 t | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 57,000 t | -50.6% |
| 2001 | 61,000 t | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 67,700 t | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 86,700 t | +28.1% |
| 2004 | 85,600 t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 73,500 t | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 58,200 t | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 54,300 t | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 73,500 t | +35.4% |
| 2009 | 53,100 t | -27.8% |
| 2010 | 74,992 t | +41.2% |
| 2011 | 79,468 t | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 74,178 t | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 73,479 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 74,320 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 67,862 t | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 58,602 t | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 64,031 t | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 64,796 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 66,401 t | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 66,804 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 65,312 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 65,221 t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 64,738 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 64,421 t | -0.5% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 64,421 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 143,730 t, 45% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 64,421 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 102,323 t, 63% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +91.7% | 90,721 t | 173,900 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,243 t | 15,030 t | 35,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,935 t | 19,691 t | 33,286 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,845 t | 30,000 t | 50,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 92,901 t | 58,000 t | 173,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,060 t | 53,100 t | 86,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,813 t | 58,602 t | 79,468 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,299 t | 64,421 t | 66,804 t | 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 — production in Lebanon?
- Watermelons — production in Lebanon was 64,421 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 173,900 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,030 t in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for watermelons — production?
- Lebanon ranks 66th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. 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 Watermelons — Production. 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.