Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 3,930 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 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 Australia and New Zealand is 3,930 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 136.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3,930 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,552 ha, in 2001.
That places Australia and New Zealand 32nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,777 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,780 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,784 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1,805 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,751 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 1,751 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,750 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,683 ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 1,771 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 1,839 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1,988 ha | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 2,110 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 2,161 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 2,306 ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 2,260 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 2,313 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 2,126 ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 2,134 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 2,096 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 2,066 ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,110 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1,970 ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 2,123 ha | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 1,819 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 1,910 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 1,830 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 1,838 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 1,760 ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 1,867 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 1,730 ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 1,740 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,774 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 2,463 ha | +38.8% |
| 1994 | 1,843 ha | -25.2% |
| 1995 | 1,905 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 2,060 ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 1,730 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 1,740 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,630 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 1,639 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,552 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 1,664 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 1,705 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1,560 ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,584 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,850 ha | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 1,932 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 1,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,646 ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 1,712 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,643 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1,621 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,639 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,664 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,829 ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 2,309 ha | +26.2% |
| 2017 | 2,339 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,510 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 2,642 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2,727 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 2,864 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3,203 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 3,516 ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 3,930 ha | +11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,761 ha | 1,683 ha | 1,805 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,133 ha | 1,839 ha | 2,313 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,929 ha | 1,760 ha | 2,123 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,862 ha | 1,630 ha | 2,463 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,703 ha | 1,552 ha | 1,932 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,991 ha | 1,621 ha | 2,642 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,248 ha | 2,727 ha | 3,930 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 3,930 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,930 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,552 ha in 2001.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 32nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.