Agricultural land in Lebanon

Agricultural land made up 63.7% of the land area of Lebanon in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 63.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −2.4percentage points 2023: 66.1%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Lebanon (2024).
Position in 2024 35th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Lebanon over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period LebanonWorld
2024 63.7% –
2023 66.1% 36.9%
2022 66.4% 37.0%
2021 66.4% 37.0%
2020 66.2% 36.9%
2019 64.3% 36.9%
2018 64.3% 36.9%
2017 65.8% 37.0%
2016 65.2% 36.8%
2015 64.8% 36.8%
2014 64.1% 37.0%
2013 63.0% 37.0%
2012 62.8% 37.0%
2011 62.2% 36.7%
2010 62.6% 36.5%
2009 64.8% 36.5%
2008 64.8% 36.5%
2007 66.2% 36.6%
2006 66.4% 36.6%
2005 63.8% 36.6%
2004 62.4% 36.6%
2003 61.3% 37.0%
2002 60.2% 37.1%
2001 58.5% 37.2%
2000 58.2% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.4 percentage points from 66.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 64.1%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 35th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Lebanon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)