Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 226,259 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 226,259 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 2.2% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Central America peaked at 226,259 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16,689 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,689 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,498 ha | +10.8% |
| 1963 | 19,699 ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 22,074 ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 22,543 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 23,115 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 22,341 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 22,297 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 24,301 ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 26,475 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 50,970 ha | +92.5% |
| 1972 | 51,124 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 51,025 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 50,949 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 50,722 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 48,705 ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 53,132 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 50,769 ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 54,408 ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 64,285 ha | +18.2% |
| 1981 | 68,752 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 77,758 ha | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 78,878 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 75,909 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 78,895 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 77,457 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 76,861 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 82,641 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 81,917 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 80,527 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 81,533 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 87,019 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 89,572 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 90,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 95,868 ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 104,483 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 105,209 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 113,051 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 118,643 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 129,727 ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 135,212 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 137,016 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 141,623 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 150,497 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 148,507 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 151,530 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 156,644 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 161,441 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 153,738 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 154,411 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 161,600 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 161,720 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 162,573 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 165,917 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 171,226 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 174,108 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 182,177 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 185,956 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 194,435 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 198,272 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 205,427 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 211,676 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 221,390 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 226,259 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,284 ha | 16,689 ha | 24,301 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,828 ha | 26,475 ha | 54,408 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,335 ha | 64,285 ha | 82,641 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,600 ha | 80,527 ha | 118,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 146,594 ha | 129,727 ha | 161,441 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 171,412 ha | 154,411 ha | 194,435 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 212,605 ha | 198,272 ha | 226,259 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 3 China (People’s Republic of) 103,743 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 101,473 ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 87,230 ha compare
- 6 Argentina 68,927 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 68,239 ha compare
- 8 Spain 50,950 ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 49,207 ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 167,359 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 4 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 12,410 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 3.52 million An (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.12 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 6,716 kg/ha (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals 5.49 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Central America?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Central America was 226,259 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 226,259 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,689 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.