Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 6,174 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Somalia stood at 6,174 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 6,174 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,950 ha, in 1961.
That places Somalia 73rd 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,060 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 2,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,160 ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 2,170 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 2,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,270 ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 2,280 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 2,280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 4,700 ha | +56.7% |
| 1988 | 5,800 ha | +23.4% |
| 1989 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,001 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 4,008 ha | -33.2% |
| 1992 | 2,114 ha | -47.3% |
| 1993 | 3,740 ha | +76.9% |
| 1994 | 3,957 ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 3,687 ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 3,693 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,896 ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 3,744 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 3,701 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 3,749 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 3,960 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 4,085 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 4,128 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 4,402 ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 4,166 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 4,212 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,160 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 4,120 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 4,025 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 4,025 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,020 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 4,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,231 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,510 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 4,902 ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 5,992 ha | +22.2% |
| 2018 | 5,141 ha | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 5,360 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 5,470 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 5,688 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 5,855 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 6,164 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 6,174 ha | +0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 6,174 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 82% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 6,174 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 95% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +76.9% | 2,114 ha | 3,740 ha |
| 1987 | +56.7% | 3,000 ha | 4,700 ha |
| 1992 | -47.3% | 4,008 ha | 2,114 ha |
| 1991 | -33.2% | 6,001 ha | 4,008 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,071 ha | 1,950 ha | 2,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,308 ha | 2,170 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,430 ha | 2,400 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,854 ha | 2,114 ha | 6,001 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,101 ha | 3,749 ha | 4,402 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,658 ha | 4,020 ha | 5,992 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,870 ha | 5,470 ha | 6,174 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 70 Belize 6,559 ha compare
- 71 Benin 6,473 ha compare
- 72 Mozambique 6,271 ha compare
- 74 Ethiopia PDR 4,912 ha compare
- 75 El Salvador 4,403 ha compare
- 76 Dominica 4,187 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Somalia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Somalia was 6,174 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,174 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,950 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 73rd out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.