Ecuador vs Sri Lanka: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 8,885 ha against 7,090 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 1,795 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 24th and Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 126 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,590 ha | 5,360 ha | 3,770 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1,880 ha | 4,276 ha | 2,395 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 1,992 ha | 4,387 ha | 2,395 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 2,509 ha | 6,352 ha | 3,843 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 4,309 ha | 8,902 ha | 4,593 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 4,143 ha | 11,399 ha | 7,255 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5,545 ha | 9,475 ha | 3,929 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Ecuador or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 8,885 ha against 7,090 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 1,795 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Sri Lanka rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 24th and Sri Lanka ranks 21st 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.