Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 18,849 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 18,849 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 37,440 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 15th out of 126 countries 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,125 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 4,164 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 5,990 ha | +43.9% |
| 1969 | 5,570 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 7,234 ha | +29.9% |
| 1971 | 7,653 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 8,490 ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 8,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,620 ha | -45.6% |
| 1976 | 4,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 5,035 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 5,791 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 6,038 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 7,561 ha | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 7,754 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 1983 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 11,760 ha | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 12,600 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 15,120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 15,960 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 16,803 ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 17,223 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 18,275 ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 17,944 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 17,047 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 16,449 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 14,692 ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 14,427 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 14,153 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 14,112 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 15,411 ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 15,287 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 15,840 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 14,752 ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 14,831 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 15,121 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 15,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 36,344 ha | +142.3% |
| 2007 | 37,440 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 15,997 ha | -57.3% |
| 2009 | 15,479 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 15,534 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 14,018 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 13,960 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 13,893 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 13,789 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 15,092 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 14,615 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 15,140 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 14,702 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 13,064 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 16,201 ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 17,339 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 19,059 ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 20,331 ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 18,849 ha | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,983 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,990 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,666 ha | 4,620 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,528 ha | 7,561 ha | 17,223 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,651 ha | 14,000 ha | 18,275 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,609 ha | 14,752 ha | 37,440 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,381 ha | 13,064 ha | 15,534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,356 ha | 16,201 ha | 20,331 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Egypt?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Egypt was 18,849 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 37,440 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 15th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.