Lebanon - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Lebanon was 132,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 240,000 in 1973 and a minimum value of 114,000 in 2010.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 172,000
1962 180,000
1963 180,000
1964 190,000
1965 206,000
1966 206,000
1967 216,000
1968 226,000
1969 230,000
1970 235,000
1971 240,000
1972 240,000
1973 240,000
1974 237,000
1975 234,000
1976 231,000
1977 228,000
1978 224,000
1979 220,000
1980 210,000
1981 210,000
1982 208,000
1983 208,000
1984 208,000
1985 204,000
1986 200,000
1987 188,000
1988 186,000
1989 184,000
1990 183,000
1991 181,000
1992 180,000
1993 180,000
1994 180,000
1995 180,000
1996 183,000
1997 185,000
1998 187,000
1999 129,000
2000 129,000
2001 120,000
2002 130,000
2003 136,000
2004 136,300
2005 141,700
2006 136,000
2007 134,200
2008 123,000
2009 123,000
2010 114,000
2011 125,000
2012 132,000
2013 132,000
2014 132,000
2015 132,000
2016 132,000
2017 132,000
2018 132,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Lebanon was 0.019 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.102 in 1970 and a minimum value of 0.019 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.092
1962 0.093
1963 0.091
1964 0.093
1965 0.098
1966 0.096
1967 0.099
1968 0.102
1969 0.102
1970 0.102
1971 0.102
1972 0.099
1973 0.097
1974 0.093
1975 0.091
1976 0.089
1977 0.088
1978 0.086
1979 0.085
1980 0.081
1981 0.081
1982 0.080
1983 0.079
1984 0.079
1985 0.077
1986 0.075
1987 0.070
1988 0.069
1989 0.067
1990 0.065
1991 0.062
1992 0.059
1993 0.055
1994 0.053
1995 0.051
1996 0.051
1997 0.051
1998 0.051
1999 0.034
2000 0.034
2001 0.030
2002 0.031
2003 0.031
2004 0.030
2005 0.030
2006 0.029
2007 0.028
2008 0.026
2009 0.026
2010 0.023
2011 0.024
2012 0.024
2013 0.022
2014 0.021
2015 0.020
2016 0.020
2017 0.019
2018 0.019

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Lebanon was 12.90 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 23.46 in 1973, while its lowest value was 11.14 in 2010.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 16.81
1962 17.60
1963 17.60
1964 18.57
1965 20.14
1966 20.14
1967 21.11
1968 22.09
1969 22.48
1970 22.97
1971 23.46
1972 23.46
1973 23.46
1974 23.17
1975 22.87
1976 22.58
1977 22.29
1978 21.90
1979 21.51
1980 20.53
1981 20.53
1982 20.33
1983 20.33
1984 20.33
1985 19.94
1986 19.55
1987 18.38
1988 18.18
1989 17.99
1990 17.89
1991 17.69
1992 17.60
1993 17.60
1994 17.60
1995 17.60
1996 17.89
1997 18.08
1998 18.28
1999 12.61
2000 12.61
2001 11.73
2002 12.71
2003 13.29
2004 13.32
2005 13.85
2006 13.29
2007 13.12
2008 12.02
2009 12.02
2010 11.14
2011 12.22
2012 12.90
2013 12.90
2014 12.90
2015 12.90
2016 12.90
2017 12.90
2018 12.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use