Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 68,927 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Argentina, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 68,927 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 15.6% on the previous year and up 131.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 81,708 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,220 ha, in 1980.
Argentina ranks 6th of 126 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 19,220 ha | — |
| 1981 | 19,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 20,850 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 20,100 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 20,280 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 20,750 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 21,670 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 21,650 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 22,600 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 21,010 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 21,123 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 23,921 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 24,974 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 22,099 ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 23,165 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 27,915 ha | +20.5% |
| 1996 | 29,832 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 36,351 ha | +21.9% |
| 1998 | 38,526 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 38,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 40,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 52,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 53,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 49,601 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 43,575 ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 48,628 ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 46,794 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 41,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 29,756 ha | -27.4% |
| 2015 | 50,616 ha | +70.1% |
| 2016 | 51,926 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 53,744 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 57,665 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 50,002 ha | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 35,179 ha | -29.6% |
| 2021 | 61,379 ha | +74.5% |
| 2022 | 61,497 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 81,708 ha | +32.9% |
| 2024 | 68,927 ha | -15.6% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 68,927 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 36.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 68,927 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,185 ha, 58.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +74.5% | 35,179 ha | 61,379 ha |
| 2015 | +70.1% | 29,756 ha | 50,616 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20,773 ha | 19,220 ha | 22,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,591 ha | 21,123 ha | 38,526 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,960 ha | 34,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,371 ha | 29,756 ha | 57,665 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,738 ha | 35,179 ha | 81,708 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 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
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,691 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 68,239 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 7,520 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,341 ha compare
- 8 Spain 50,950 ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 49,207 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 1,794 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Argentina?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Argentina was 68,927 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 81,708 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,220 ha in 1980.
- How does Argentina rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 6th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 131.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.