Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 24,690 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Italy, 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 Italy is 24,690 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Italy peaked at 39,154 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 22,647 ha, in 2016.
That places Italy 14th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 29,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 31,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 32,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 32,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 33,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 36,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 35,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 35,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 35,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 35,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 36,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 36,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 36,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 36,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 36,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 36,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 36,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 38,489 ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 39,112 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 39,153 ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 39,131 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 39,154 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 38,789 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 38,240 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 30,285 ha | -20.8% |
| 1991 | 37,948 ha | +25.3% |
| 1992 | 37,986 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 37,955 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 37,844 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 37,959 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 37,524 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 35,475 ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 35,542 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 35,008 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 34,634 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 34,444 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 33,207 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 30,668 ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 29,336 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 30,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 30,100 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 30,080 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 28,854 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 27,706 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 25,703 ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 26,145 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 25,996 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 25,466 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 22,647 ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 25,115 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 25,710 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 23,130 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 24,820 ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 24,340 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 24,560 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 24,780 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 24,690 ha | -0.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 24,690 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 86 ha, 287.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +25.3% | 30,285 ha | 37,948 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,944 ha | 28,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,830 ha | 35,000 ha | 36,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,047 ha | 36,000 ha | 39,154 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,353 ha | 30,285 ha | 37,986 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,147 ha | 29,000 ha | 34,634 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,647 ha | 22,647 ha | 28,854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,638 ha | 24,340 ha | 24,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 11 South Africa 34,289 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 1,414 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,132 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 32,377 ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 455 ha compare
- 13 Peru 28,604 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 359 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 18,849 ha compare
- 15 Caribbean 52,769 ha compare
- 16 Thailand 16,153 ha compare
- 17 Sudan (former) 16,128 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Italy?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Italy was 24,690 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 39,154 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,647 ha in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 14th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.