Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 3,597 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia stood at 3,597 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 183.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia peaked at 3,597 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 2001.
Australia ranks 33rd of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,627 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,627 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,639 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 1,660 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1,606 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 1,608 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,558 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,629 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 1,681 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 1,790 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 1,900 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 2,140 ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 2,110 ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 2,160 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 2,010 ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 2,020 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1,980 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 1,950 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,910 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 1,850 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 1,880 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,620 ha | -13.8% |
| 1985 | 1,690 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 1,590 ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,510 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,590 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 1,450 ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 1,460 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1,440 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 2,180 ha | +51.4% |
| 1994 | 1,580 ha | -27.5% |
| 1995 | 1,640 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,730 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,480 ha | -14.5% |
| 1998 | 1,440 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,380 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 1,343 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,500 ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 1,560 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,300 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 1,358 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1,284 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 1,250 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,465 ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 1,955 ha | +33.4% |
| 2017 | 1,999 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 2,164 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 2,297 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 2,402 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,539 ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 2,840 ha | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 3,153 ha | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 3,597 ha | +14.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3,597 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 86 ha, 41.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Australia's 3,597 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 764 ha, 4.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +51.4% | 1,440 ha | 2,180 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,617 ha | 1,558 ha | 1,660 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,979 ha | 1,681 ha | 2,160 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,718 ha | 1,510 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,578 ha | 1,380 ha | 2,180 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,355 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,631 ha | 1,250 ha | 2,297 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,906 ha | 2,402 ha | 3,597 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Australia was 3,597 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?
- The highest recorded value was 3,597 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 2001.
- How does Australia rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 33rd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 183.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.