Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 146,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 146,900 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Italy peaked at 183,088 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 100,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Italy 11th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 104,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 109,600 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 117,700 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 120,831 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 126,153 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 131,375 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 139,868 ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 142,846 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 145,615 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 150,244 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 155,453 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 157,338 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 160,449 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 162,493 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 164,647 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 166,686 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 167,989 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 168,622 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 169,711 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 170,109 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 170,609 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 172,210 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 175,281 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 176,486 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 176,051 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 175,816 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 175,802 ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 176,119 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 168,801 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 176,880 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 176,025 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 175,784 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 178,139 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 179,495 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 183,088 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 178,695 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 179,172 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 177,677 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 177,717 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 177,662 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 175,305 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 169,577 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 168,071 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 167,520 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 171,828 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 170,914 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 172,201 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 172,589 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 170,366 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 169,014 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 146,895 ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 152,975 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 149,885 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 150,047 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 143,293 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 147,983 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 136,191 ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 140,740 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 145,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 144,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 145,920 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 147,380 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 146,900 ha | -0.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 146,900 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 285.5 ha, 514.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,497 ha | 100,900 ha | 142,846 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 159,954 ha | 145,615 ha | 168,622 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,819 ha | 169,711 ha | 176,486 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 177,376 ha | 168,801 ha | 183,088 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 172,338 ha | 167,520 ha | 177,717 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,739 ha | 136,191 ha | 170,366 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,000 ha | 144,700 ha | 147,380 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,617 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 246,397 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 152,261 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 49,688 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 148,466 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 44,236 ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38,401 ha compare
- 12 Iraq 138,012 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,292 ha compare
- 13 Colombia 111,693 ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,700 ha compare
- 14 South Africa 110,653 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 1,945 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Italy?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Italy was 146,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 183,088 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.