Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 1.55 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.55 million ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.55 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 226,364 ha, in 1966.
Southern Asia ranks 5th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 462,387 ha | — |
| 1962 | 542,428 ha | +17.3% |
| 1963 | 598,562 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 559,227 ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 576,772 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 226,364 ha | -60.8% |
| 1967 | 242,134 ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 267,588 ha | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 257,276 ha | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 272,714 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 282,989 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 289,061 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 297,041 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 308,882 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 323,561 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 335,993 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 336,133 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 325,379 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 333,370 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 344,857 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 379,215 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 392,081 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 414,315 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 430,804 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 444,499 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 469,740 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 497,905 ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 539,436 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 561,822 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 636,238 ha | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 610,772 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 606,526 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 642,683 ha | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 725,892 ha | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 754,057 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 777,051 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 817,423 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 829,174 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 839,523 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 925,306 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 891,082 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 954,305 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 904,499 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 1.03 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 962,295 ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 1.20 million ha | +24.5% |
| 2007 | 1.30 million ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 1.35 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 1.43 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.26 million ha | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.48 million ha | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 1.48 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.35 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 1.41 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 1.39 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.40 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.51 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 1.47 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 1.52 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.51 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.55 million ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 414,749 ha | 226,364 ha | 598,562 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 310,512 ha | 272,714 ha | 336,133 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 447,467 ha | 344,857 ha | 561,822 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 723,934 ha | 606,526 ha | 839,523 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 891,082 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Asia was 1.55 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,364 ha in 1966.
- How does Southern Asia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.