Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 23,350 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Portugal stood at 23,350 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 27,343 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 18,250 ha, in 1968.
That places Portugal 41st out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,170 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 18,370 ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 19,470 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 20,070 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 20,220 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 20,150 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 18,250 ha | -9.4% |
| 1969 | 18,920 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 19,690 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 20,710 ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 21,290 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 21,880 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 22,141 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 22,517 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 23,335 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 23,715 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 24,207 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 24,632 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 21,497 ha | -12.7% |
| 1981 | 22,521 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 22,542 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 22,570 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 22,586 ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 22,636 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 24,463 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 25,256 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 25,480 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 26,320 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 26,730 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 26,634 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 27,179 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 26,009 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 25,807 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 26,097 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 26,476 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 26,781 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 27,249 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 27,343 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 27,341 ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 27,257 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 27,097 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 26,845 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 25,947 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 24,742 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 23,307 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 21,816 ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 21,089 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 19,437 ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 19,513 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 19,594 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 19,845 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 19,816 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 19,804 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 20,209 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 20,357 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 20,507 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 21,070 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 21,370 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,480 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 21,680 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 21,770 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 22,860 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 23,350 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,236 ha | 18,250 ha | 20,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,412 ha | 19,690 ha | 24,632 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,587 ha | 21,497 ha | 26,320 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,630 ha | 25,807 ha | 27,343 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,488 ha | 19,437 ha | 27,341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,208 ha | 19,513 ha | 21,370 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,228 ha | 21,480 ha | 23,350 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Portugal?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Portugal was 23,350 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 27,343 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,250 ha in 1968.
- How does Portugal rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 41st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.