Caribbean vs Egypt: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Egypt
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 52,769 ha against 18,849 ha in Egypt, a difference of 33,920 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 2.8 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Caribbean ranks 15th and Egypt ranks 15th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Egypt in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,077 ha | 3,983 ha | 1,906 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 2,294 ha | 6,666 ha | 4,372 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 11,052 ha | 12,528 ha | 1,476 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 19,104 ha | 15,651 ha | 3,452 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 14,233 ha | 19,609 ha | 5,376 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 24,121 ha | 14,381 ha | 9,741 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 41,888 ha | 18,356 ha | 23,532 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Caribbean or Egypt?
- Caribbean, at 52,769 ha against 18,849 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Caribbean and Egypt?
- 33,920 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Egypt rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 15th and Egypt ranks 15th 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.