Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 44,689 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Colombia, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Colombia stood at 44,689 ha. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 345.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 44,689 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,400 ha, in 1999.
Colombia ranks 10th of 126 countries on this measure, 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,400 ha | — |
| 2000 | 3,445 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 4,733 ha | +37.4% |
| 2002 | 5,239 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 5,362 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 5,694 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 6,603 ha | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 6,855 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 6,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 4,632 ha | -33.6% |
| 2009 | 5,915 ha | +27.7% |
| 2010 | 6,706 ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 6,614 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 8,527 ha | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 8,868 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 10,028 ha | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 11,220 ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 13,037 ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 19,190 ha | +47.2% |
| 2018 | 21,857 ha | +13.9% |
| 2019 | 26,468 ha | +21.1% |
| 2020 | 22,704 ha | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 37,544 ha | +65.4% |
| 2022 | 41,655 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 41,479 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 44,689 ha | +7.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 44,689 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 23.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 44,689 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,185 ha, 37.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,400 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,400 ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 5,546 ha | 3,445 ha | 6,980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,252 ha | 6,614 ha | 26,468 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,614 ha | 22,704 ha | 44,689 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 7 Brazil 68,239 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
- 11 South Africa 34,289 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 1,414 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Colombia?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Colombia was 44,689 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,689 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,400 ha in 1999.
- How does Colombia rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 10th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 345.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.