What is the highest arable land recorded in Lebanon?

The highest recorded value was 0.0997 hectares per person in 1968.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Lebanon?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0205 hectares per person in 2015.

How does Lebanon rank for arable land?

Lebanon ranks 168th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Lebanon?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arable land in Lebanon

Name: Arable land in Lebanon
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Lebanon: Arable land was 0.0232 hectares per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

0.0232 hectares per person

Change on year

down 2.2%

World rank

168th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0997 hectares per person

in 1968

All-time low

0.0205 hectares per person

in 2015

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Lebanon, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for arable land in Lebanon is 0.0232 hectares per person, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Lebanon peaked at 0.0997 hectares per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.0205 hectares per person, in 2015.

Lebanon ranks 168th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0959 hectares per person	0.0914 hectares per person	0.0997 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0885 hectares per person	0.0763 hectares per person	0.0985 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0628 hectares per person	0.0522 hectares per person	0.0713 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0453 hectares per person	0.0303 hectares per person	0.0509 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0282 hectares per person	0.0246 hectares per person	0.0303 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0227 hectares per person	0.0205 hectares per person	0.0252 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0238 hectares per person	0.0232 hectares per person	0.0248 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Lebanon

165 British Virgin Islands 0.0257 hectares per person compare
166 Grenada 0.0256 hectares per person compare
167 Barbados 0.0248 hectares per person compare
169 Malaysia 0.0223 hectares per person compare
170 American Samoa 0.0217 hectares per person compare
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0216 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Rural population 9.0% (2025)
Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Rural population 528,774 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 271.42 million current US$ (2024)
Land under cereal production 55,239 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 2,415 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 133,418 metric tons (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Lebanon?: Arable land in Lebanon was 0.0232 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Lebanon?: The highest recorded value was 0.0997 hectares per person in 1968.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Lebanon?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0205 hectares per person in 2015.
How does Lebanon rank for arable land?: Lebanon ranks 168th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Lebanon?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Lebanon data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.