Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 258 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Cuba, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 258 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 70.6% on the previous year and down 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 10,659 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 258 ha, in 2024.
Cuba ranks 82nd of 126 countries on this measure, 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 9,781 ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 9,990 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 10,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 10,659 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 10,110 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 10,227 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 5,196 ha | -49.2% |
| 1997 | 3,946 ha | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 4,220 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 3,966 ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 2,932 ha | -26.1% |
| 2001 | 2,435 ha | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 2,842 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 3,560 ha | +25.3% |
| 2004 | 4,109 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 2,866 ha | -30.3% |
| 2006 | 1,322 ha | -53.9% |
| 2007 | 1,041 ha | -21.3% |
| 2008 | 898 ha | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 1,116 ha | +24.3% |
| 2010 | 879 ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 836 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 754 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 656 ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 898 ha | +36.9% |
| 2015 | 903 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,051 ha | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 1,209 ha | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 601 ha | -50.3% |
| 2019 | 664 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 594 ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 649 ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 621 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 877 ha | +41.2% |
| 2024 | 258 ha | -70.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 258 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 14% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 258 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,185 ha, 22% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,120 ha | 9,000 ha | 9,400 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,830 ha | 3,946 ha | 10,659 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,312 ha | 898 ha | 4,109 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 845.1 ha | 601 ha | 1,209 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 599.8 ha | 258 ha | 877 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 79 Dominica 293 ha compare
- 80 French Polynesia 289 ha compare
- 81 New Caledonia 279 ha compare
- 83 Haiti 192 ha compare
- 84 Bahamas 188 ha compare
- 85 United Arab Emirates 165 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Cuba?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Cuba was 258 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10,659 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 258 ha in 2024.
- How does Cuba rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 82nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.