Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 544,277 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Americas is 544,277 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Americas peaked at 544,277 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61,248 ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 2nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,248 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,304 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 65,201 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 68,558 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 68,626 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 69,955 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 72,272 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 73,428 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 77,828 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 79,527 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 104,755 ha | +31.7% |
| 1972 | 108,520 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 113,240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 121,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 124,496 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 123,575 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 128,175 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 127,677 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 132,160 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 161,632 ha | +22.3% |
| 1981 | 167,497 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 180,853 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 181,158 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 180,638 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 209,800 ha | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 212,899 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 218,245 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 231,143 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 228,540 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 230,855 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 235,657 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 243,921 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 246,249 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 245,987 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 258,659 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 265,599 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 279,115 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 292,114 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 301,928 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 309,434 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 323,267 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 326,089 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 331,817 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 333,114 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 344,216 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 339,326 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 344,111 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 346,882 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 332,756 ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 328,048 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 351,460 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 350,743 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 348,133 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 336,348 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 364,028 ha | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 385,921 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 406,910 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 422,622 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 435,274 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 426,018 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 476,048 ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 497,114 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 541,389 ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 544,277 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +31.7% | 79,527 ha | 104,755 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,047 ha | 61,248 ha | 77,828 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 116,322 ha | 79,527 ha | 132,160 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197,240 ha | 161,632 ha | 231,143 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 260,008 ha | 230,855 ha | 301,928 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 333,101 ha | 309,434 ha | 346,882 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 372,949 ha | 328,048 ha | 435,274 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 496,969 ha | 426,018 ha | 544,277 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 India 319,043 ha compare
- 2 Mexico 215,659 ha compare
- 3 China 103,743 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 101,473 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 54,279 ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 87,230 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,751 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Americas?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Americas was 544,277 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 544,277 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,248 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — 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.