Lemons and limes — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 83,860 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 83,860 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 108,484 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 48,935 ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,935 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,140 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 52,020 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 57,150 ha | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 57,862 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 59,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 61,255 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 65,758 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 64,158 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 67,550 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 69,350 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 69,892 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 70,261 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 72,461 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 73,921 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 75,048 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 77,661 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 78,124 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 83,309 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 85,869 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 89,986 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 90,876 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 94,089 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 101,337 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 106,478 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 108,109 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 107,461 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 108,484 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 105,450 ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 96,399 ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 102,013 ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 102,014 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 97,175 ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 96,314 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 94,390 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 94,796 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 95,431 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 94,260 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 94,648 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 94,654 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 96,066 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 94,319 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 91,143 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 89,864 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 88,230 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 86,255 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 83,755 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 89,654 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 82,142 ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 80,710 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 78,402 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 76,317 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 75,326 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 71,020 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 70,693 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 71,756 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 74,919 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 78,700 ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 76,980 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 81,350 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 83,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 85,080 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 84,650 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 83,860 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,366 ha | 48,935 ha | 65,758 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,758 ha | 67,550 ha | 83,309 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,814 ha | 85,869 ha | 108,484 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,744 ha | 94,260 ha | 102,014 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,608 ha | 82,142 ha | 96,066 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,482 ha | 70,693 ha | 80,710 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,588 ha | 81,350 ha | 85,080 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in European Union (27) was 83,860 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 108,484 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,935 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 11th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.