Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 87,230 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh is 87,230 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 26.7% on the previous year and up 438.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 87,230 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1961.
That places Bangladesh 5th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,466 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 1,506 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,514 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 1,588 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 1,465 ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 1,451 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1,518 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 1,578 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 1,627 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 1,710 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 1,880 ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 1,967 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 2,197 ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 2,300 ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 2,440 ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 2,653 ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 2,890 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 2,934 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 3,035 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 3,165 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3,304 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 3,618 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 3,940 ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 4,203 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 4,302 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 4,462 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 4,451 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 4,856 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 4,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,261 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 5,927 ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 6,389 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 11,000 ha | +72.2% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 16,880 ha | +40.7% |
| 2009 | 18,480 ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 21,367 ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 21,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 17,120 ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 20,234 ha | +18.2% |
| 2014 | 16,200 ha | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 24,200 ha | +49.4% |
| 2016 | 20,234 ha | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 25,780 ha | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 17,900 ha | -30.6% |
| 2019 | 64,282 ha | +259.1% |
| 2020 | 63,310 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 65,658 ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 59,115 ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 68,845 ha | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 87,230 ha | +26.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,111 ha | 400 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,501 ha | 1,451 ha | 1,588 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,124 ha | 1,578 ha | 2,890 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,741 ha | 2,934 ha | 4,462 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,065 ha | 4,856 ha | 18,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,882 ha | 16,200 ha | 64,282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,832 ha | 59,115 ha | 87,230 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Bangladesh was 87,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 87,230 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 438.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.