Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 83,561 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 83,561 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Europe peaked at 105,984 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 47,735 ha, in 1961.
Europe ranks 12th of 27 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,735 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,040 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 50,820 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 56,050 ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 56,562 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 57,420 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 59,055 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 62,758 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 61,758 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 64,650 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 66,050 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 67,952 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 67,452 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 69,652 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 73,252 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 74,352 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 76,952 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 76,652 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 81,730 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 84,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 88,314 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 89,110 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 92,149 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 99,197 ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 104,177 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 105,701 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 104,973 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 105,984 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 102,950 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 93,999 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 100,013 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 100,214 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 95,475 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 94,834 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 92,940 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 93,396 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 94,131 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 93,160 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 93,548 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 93,604 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 95,036 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 93,269 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 90,331 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 89,014 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 87,444 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 85,516 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 83,242 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 89,398 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 81,578 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 80,325 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 78,001 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 75,932 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 75,402 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 70,835 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 70,453 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 71,778 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 74,956 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 78,384 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 76,618 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 81,006 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 82,670 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 84,776 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 84,360 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 83,561 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,689 ha | 47,735 ha | 62,758 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,869 ha | 64,650 ha | 81,730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,680 ha | 84,250 ha | 105,984 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 95,171 ha | 92,940 ha | 100,214 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,843 ha | 81,578 ha | 95,036 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,268 ha | 70,453 ha | 80,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,275 ha | 81,006 ha | 84,776 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Europe?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Europe was 83,561 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 105,984 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,735 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 27 regions with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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About this data
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.