Africa vs Spain: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Africa currently reports 142,213 ha against 50,950 ha in Spain, a difference of 91,263 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.8 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 7th and Spain ranks 8th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,251 ha | 10,611 ha | 4,640 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 21,068 ha | 21,438 ha | 369.5 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 33,505 ha | 43,536 ha | 10,031 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 42,187 ha | 43,973 ha | 1,786 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 64,734 ha | 45,170 ha | 19,564 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 92,417 ha | 41,162 ha | 51,256 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 135,960 ha | 50,870 ha | 85,090 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Africa or Spain?
- Africa, at 142,213 ha against 50,950 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Africa and Spain?
- 91,263 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Spain rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 7th and Spain ranks 8th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lemons and limes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.