Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 52,769 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 52,769 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 135.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 52,769 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,470 ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 15th out of 27 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,470 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,765 ha | +20.1% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 2,230 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 2,280 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 2,250 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 2,030 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 2,205 ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 2,305 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 2,305 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,350 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 2,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 2,710 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 2,770 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 19,332 ha | +597.9% |
| 1986 | 19,272 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 19,702 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 19,297 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 19,487 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 19,567 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 22,294 ha | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 21,858 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 22,820 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 22,227 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 21,747 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 16,820 ha | -22.7% |
| 1997 | 14,682 ha | -12.7% |
| 1998 | 14,334 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 14,686 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 13,433 ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 12,480 ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 14,035 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 14,394 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 14,959 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 13,684 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 13,593 ha | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 15,111 ha | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 18,639 ha | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 17,015 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 24,748 ha | +45.4% |
| 2012 | 18,481 ha | -25.3% |
| 2013 | 20,575 ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 22,382 ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 18,062 ha | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 28,061 ha | +55.4% |
| 2017 | 29,538 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 30,012 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 32,340 ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 33,374 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 35,172 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 38,642 ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 49,483 ha | +28.1% |
| 2024 | 52,769 ha | +6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +597.9% | 2,770 ha | 19,332 ha |
| 2016 | +55.4% | 18,062 ha | 28,061 ha |
| 2011 | +45.4% | 17,015 ha | 24,748 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,077 ha | 1,470 ha | 2,280 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,294 ha | 2,030 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,052 ha | 2,600 ha | 19,702 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,104 ha | 14,334 ha | 22,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,233 ha | 12,000 ha | 18,639 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,121 ha | 17,015 ha | 32,340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,888 ha | 33,374 ha | 52,769 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,132 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 32,377 ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 455 ha compare
- 13 Peru 28,604 ha compare
- 14 Italy 24,690 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 359 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 18,849 ha compare
- 16 Thailand 16,153 ha compare
- 17 Sudan (former) 16,128 ha compare
- 18 Kenya 12,235 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Caribbean was 52,769 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 52,769 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,470 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 15th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.