Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 699,364 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mexico is 699,364 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 699,364 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97,775 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 5th of 156 countries on this measure, 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97,775 ha | — |
| 1962 | 106,498 ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 107,296 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 110,259 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 122,673 ha | +11.3% |
| 1966 | 133,617 ha | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 173,604 ha | +29.9% |
| 1968 | 177,527 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 180,527 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 193,720 ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 215,755 ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 217,411 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 232,715 ha | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 228,570 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 237,272 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 220,639 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 232,159 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 230,778 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 237,146 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 247,262 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 260,201 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 276,023 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 291,358 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 249,322 ha | -14.4% |
| 1985 | 218,708 ha | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 226,204 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 265,718 ha | +17.5% |
| 1988 | 255,596 ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 265,955 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 268,748 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 276,310 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 323,709 ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 348,967 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 369,348 ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 391,344 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 440,393 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 435,351 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 448,026 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 463,814 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 492,054 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 502,194 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 507,437 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 524,563 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 538,829 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 516,230 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 518,173 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 546,189 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 564,832 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 556,361 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 562,490 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 558,607 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 553,260 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 556,979 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 578,823 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 587,539 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 601,689 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 605,345 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 632,647 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 637,650 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 646,534 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 661,593 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 675,490 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 690,145 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 699,364 ha | +1.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 699,364 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 95.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 699,364 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11,392 ha, 61.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +29.9% | 133,617 ha | 173,604 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,420 ha | 97,775 ha | 180,527 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 224,616 ha | 193,720 ha | 237,272 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 255,635 ha | 218,708 ha | 291,358 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 376,601 ha | 268,748 ha | 463,814 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 526,686 ha | 492,054 ha | 564,832 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 587,503 ha | 553,260 ha | 637,650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 674,625 ha | 646,534 ha | 699,364 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 2 China, mainland 3.24 million ha compare
- 3 India 1.13 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 186,095 ha compare
- 4 Nigeria 857,308 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 161,887 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 693,017 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 124,664 ha compare
- 7 Spain 294,680 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,617 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 246,397 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mexico?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mexico was 699,364 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 699,364 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,775 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 5th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.