Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Eswatini
Eswatini: Citrus Fruit, Total — Production was 93,812 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — production in Eswatini is 93,812 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — production in Eswatini peaked at 98,736 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 25,500 t, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 61st 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 — Production in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 27,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 29,500 t | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 30,500 t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 30,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 45,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 56,000 t | +24.4% |
| 1969 | 66,000 t | +17.9% |
| 1970 | 78,000 t | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 79,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 86,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 88,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 82,000 t | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 82,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 85,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 82,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 83,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 89,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 81,000 t | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 92,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 84,000 t | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 83,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 81,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 85,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 85,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 87,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 85,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 70,000 t | -17.6% |
| 1990 | 87,000 t | +24.3% |
| 1991 | 71,000 t | -18.4% |
| 1992 | 87,000 t | +22.5% |
| 1993 | 55,000 t | -36.8% |
| 1994 | 94,605 t | +72.0% |
| 1995 | 65,339 t | -30.9% |
| 1996 | 67,974 t | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 84,703 t | +24.6% |
| 1998 | 57,250 t | -32.4% |
| 1999 | 81,000 t | +41.5% |
| 2000 | 74,961 t | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 75,414 t | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 78,390 t | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 83,154 t | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 84,048 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 80,806 t | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 77,734 t | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 82,111 t | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 73,864 t | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 72,866 t | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 93,787 t | +28.7% |
| 2011 | 96,560 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 98,736 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 90,067 t | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 94,098 t | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 92,150 t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 92,313 t | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 92,570 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 92,967 t | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 93,978 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 93,644 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 94,067 t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 93,685 t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 94,043 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 93,812 t | -0.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 93,812 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 129,106 t, 73% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 93,812 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43,723 t, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +72.0% | 55,000 t | 94,605 t |
| 1967 | +50.0% | 30,000 t | 45,000 t |
| 1999 | +41.5% | 57,250 t | 81,000 t |
| 1993 | -36.8% | 87,000 t | 55,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,222 t | 25,500 t | 66,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,400 t | 78,000 t | 89,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,300 t | 70,000 t | 92,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,087 t | 55,000 t | 94,605 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,335 t | 72,866 t | 84,048 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,723 t | 90,067 t | 98,736 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,850 t | 93,644 t | 94,067 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 58 Madagascar 100,865 t compare
- 59 France 97,900 t compare
- 60 El Salvador 97,730 t compare
- 62 Libya 86,884 t compare
- 63 Mozambique 79,196 t compare
- 64 Cambodia 71,135 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — production in Eswatini?
- Citrus fruit, total — production in Eswatini was 93,812 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 98,736 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,500 t in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for citrus fruit, total — production?
- Eswatini ranks 61st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — production rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — Production. 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.