Argentina vs China: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 103,743 ha against 68,927 ha in Argentina, a difference of 34,816 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.5 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 6th and China ranks 3rd of 126 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and China in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20,773 ha | 14,473 ha | 6,300 ha | Argentina |
| 1990s | 28,591 ha | 26,056 ha | 2,535 ha | Argentina |
| 2000s | 46,960 ha | 68,995 ha | 22,035 ha | China |
| 2010s | 47,371 ha | 100,449 ha | 53,078 ha | China |
| 2020s | 61,738 ha | 102,617 ha | 40,879 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Argentina or China?
- China, at 103,743 ha against 68,927 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Argentina and China?
- 34,816 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and China?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and China rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 6th and China ranks 3rd of 126 countries.
- 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.