Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,547 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 1,547 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 3,251 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,120 ha, in 1961.
Jamaica ranks 51st of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,415 ha | +26.3% |
| 1963 | 1,650 ha | +16.6% |
| 1964 | 1,850 ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 1,880 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 1,880 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,850 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,630 ha | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,420 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 2,450 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 2,477 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,541 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 2,572 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 3,214 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 3,251 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 3,061 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 3,084 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 2,742 ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 2,530 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 2,579 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,279 ha | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 2,256 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,276 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 2,289 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,009 ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 1,413 ha | -29.7% |
| 2006 | 1,507 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1,557 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 1,419 ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 1,562 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 1,634 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 1,680 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,740 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,652 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 1,625 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,594 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 1,552 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,574 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,584 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,568 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,560 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,554 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,547 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,705 ha | 1,120 ha | 1,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,893 ha | 1,630 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,347 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,805 ha | 2,477 ha | 3,251 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,857 ha | 1,413 ha | 2,289 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,625 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,740 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,563 ha | 1,547 ha | 1,584 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 48 Zimbabwe 1,738 ha compare
- 49 Panama 1,720 ha compare
- 50 Costa Rica 1,704 ha compare
- 52 Rwanda 1,453 ha compare
- 53 Madagascar 1,337 ha compare
- 54 El Salvador 1,294 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Jamaica was 1,547 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,251 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,120 ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 51st out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.