Colombia vs South Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- South Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 44,689 ha against 34,289 ha in South Africa, a difference of 10,400 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was South Africa ahead.
Colombia ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 11th of 126 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,400 ha | 5,246 ha | 1,846 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 5,546 ha | 9,731 ha | 4,185 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 13,252 ha | 16,322 ha | 3,071 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 37,614 ha | 33,726 ha | 3,888 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Colombia or South Africa?
- Colombia, at 44,689 ha against 34,289 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Colombia and South Africa?
- 10,400 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and South Africa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and South Africa rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 11th 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.