Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 2,465 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Morocco is 2,465 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 3,755 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1995.
That places Morocco 40th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,567 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1,460 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 1,300 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 1,498 ha | +15.2% |
| 1994 | 1,499 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 2006 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 3,682 ha | +145.5% |
| 2011 | 2,834 ha | -23.0% |
| 2012 | 2,763 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,756 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,758 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,827 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 2,946 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 3,077 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 3,245 ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 3,208 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,349 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 3,592 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 3,755 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 2,511 ha | -33.1% |
| 2024 | 2,465 ha | -1.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 2,465 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 2,465 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,465 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +145.5% | 1,500 ha | 3,682 ha |
| 1995 | -33.3% | 1,499 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2023 | -33.1% | 3,755 ha | 2,511 ha |
| 2005 | +30.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,232 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,567 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,170 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,010 ha | 2,756 ha | 3,682 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,134 ha | 2,465 ha | 3,755 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Morocco?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Morocco was 2,465 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 3,755 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1995.
- How does Morocco rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 40th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.