Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 68,239 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Brazil stood at 68,239 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 68,239 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,112 ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 7th of 126 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,112 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,829 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 9,432 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 9,793 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 10,194 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 10,335 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 10,706 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 10,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 11,108 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 11,414 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 11,780 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 12,943 ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 14,610 ha | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 17,616 ha | +20.6% |
| 1975 | 19,868 ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 20,742 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 21,553 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 22,882 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 23,231 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 22,925 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 22,913 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 24,670 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 26,959 ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 28,051 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 29,161 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 30,853 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 35,793 ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 39,107 ha | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 39,177 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 40,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 40,102 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 42,054 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 43,967 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 40,590 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 40,147 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 41,426 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 43,898 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 45,817 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 46,554 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 50,323 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 49,371 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 50,125 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 50,950 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 48,553 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 50,266 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 46,829 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 45,410 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 43,922 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 41,029 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 42,779 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 47,267 ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 47,349 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 45,690 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 43,399 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 46,088 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 46,465 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 48,162 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 53,859 ha | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 56,716 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 58,447 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 58,446 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 62,501 ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 66,457 ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 68,239 ha | +2.7% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 68,239 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 36.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 68,239 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,185 ha, 57.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,934 ha | 8,112 ha | 11,108 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,664 ha | 11,414 ha | 23,231 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,961 ha | 22,913 ha | 39,177 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,496 ha | 40,102 ha | 46,554 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,678 ha | 41,029 ha | 50,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,777 ha | 42,779 ha | 56,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,818 ha | 58,446 ha | 68,239 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 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 Argentina 68,927 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,691 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
- 10 Colombia 44,689 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Brazil?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Brazil was 68,239 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 68,239 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,112 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 7th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.