Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,287 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1,287 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 1,871 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 569 ha, in 2005.
Ethiopia ranks 55th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 967 ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,039 ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 956 ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 939 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 950 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 870 ha | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 806 ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 790 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 749 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 740 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 735 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 851 ha | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 569 ha | -33.1% |
| 2006 | 686 ha | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 823 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 754 ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 753 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 900 ha | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 894 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,070 ha | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 900 ha | -15.9% |
| 2014 | 1,239 ha | +37.7% |
| 2015 | 1,480 ha | +19.5% |
| 2016 | 1,314 ha | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 1,633 ha | +24.3% |
| 2018 | 1,871 ha | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 1,800 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 1,590 ha | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 1,480 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 1,019 ha | -31.1% |
| 2023 | 1,363 ha | +33.8% |
| 2024 | 1,287 ha | -5.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1,287 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,395 ha, 92% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1,287 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,453 ha, 89% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 932.43 ha | 806 ha | 1,039 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 745 ha | 569 ha | 851 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,310 ha | 894 ha | 1,871 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,348 ha | 1,019 ha | 1,590 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 52 Rwanda 1,453 ha compare
- 53 Madagascar 1,337 ha compare
- 54 El Salvador 1,294 ha compare
- 56 Tonga 1,097 ha compare
- 57 Ethiopia PDR 1,080 ha
- 58 Honduras 1,076 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Ethiopia was 1,287 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,871 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 569 ha in 2005.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 55th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.