China vs Eastern Africa: Lemons and limes — Yield
Lemons and limes — Yield over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 22,679 kg/ha against 9,823 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 12,856 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
China ranks 17th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Eastern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,004 kg/ha | 5,432 kg/ha | 2,428 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 4,200 kg/ha | 6,487 kg/ha | 2,288 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 3,974 kg/ha | 5,564 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 7,698 kg/ha | 5,817 kg/ha | 1,880 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 19,196 kg/ha | 6,921 kg/ha | 12,275 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 21,763 kg/ha | 8,474 kg/ha | 13,289 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 22,800 kg/ha | 9,939 kg/ha | 12,861 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — yield, China or Eastern Africa?
- China, at 22,679 kg/ha against 9,823 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — yield between China and Eastern Africa?
- 12,856 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for lemons and limes — yield?
- China ranks 17th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.