Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 28,979 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 28,979 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 105.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 28,979 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 18th out of 27 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +25.9% |
| 1963 | 2,010 ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 2,060 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 2,160 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 2,360 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 2,610 ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 2,720 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 2,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,770 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 2,870 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 2,930 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 3,030 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 3,030 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,060 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 3,215 ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 3,345 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 3,445 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 3,698 ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 3,933 ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 4,395 ha | +11.7% |
| 1982 | 4,580 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 5,245 ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 5,485 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 5,250 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 5,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 6,200 ha | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 6,425 ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 6,575 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 6,837 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 6,786 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 6,042 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 6,421 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 6,250 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 6,580 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 6,911 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 7,027 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 7,020 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 7,061 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 7,036 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 7,023 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,173 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 7,449 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 7,874 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 7,913 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 8,375 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 8,970 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 9,481 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 9,978 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 10,076 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 10,048 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 10,666 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 11,263 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 14,125 ha | +25.4% |
| 2015 | 14,633 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 15,174 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 16,537 ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 17,085 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 18,031 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 19,486 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 21,009 ha | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 23,624 ha | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 28,601 ha | +21.1% |
| 2024 | 28,979 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,188 ha | 1,350 ha | 2,720 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,139 ha | 2,770 ha | 3,698 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,359 ha | 3,933 ha | 6,575 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,694 ha | 6,042 ha | 7,061 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,127 ha | 7,023 ha | 9,978 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,764 ha | 10,048 ha | 18,031 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,340 ha | 19,486 ha | 28,979 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 28,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 28,979 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.