Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 307,495 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 307,495 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 98.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 307,495 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25,364 ha, in 1966.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,407 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,506 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 43,752 ha | +34.6% |
| 1964 | 41,701 ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 41,095 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 25,364 ha | -38.3% |
| 1967 | 26,550 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 28,310 ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 28,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 29,141 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 29,682 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 31,185 ha | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 31,368 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 32,971 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 29,353 ha | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 30,603 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 32,410 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 32,073 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 34,357 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 37,164 ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 39,651 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 43,152 ha | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 44,371 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 48,383 ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 73,363 ha | +51.6% |
| 1986 | 79,053 ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 82,707 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 86,746 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 88,221 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 94,536 ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 95,997 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 96,393 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 97,107 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 99,775 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 100,258 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 96,734 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 96,234 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 100,019 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 102,363 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 102,387 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100,839 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 105,029 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 110,353 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 110,219 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 118,373 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 146,346 ha | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 146,433 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 136,421 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 140,727 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 145,895 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 152,474 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 147,879 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 153,471 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 154,842 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 164,587 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 189,785 ha | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 201,963 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 191,179 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 243,102 ha | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 247,490 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 256,245 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 259,426 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 286,393 ha | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 307,495 ha | +7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +51.6% | 48,383 ha | 73,363 ha |
| 1966 | -38.3% | 41,095 ha | 25,364 ha |
| 1963 | +34.6% | 32,506 ha | 43,752 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,334 ha | 25,364 ha | 43,752 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,314 ha | 29,141 ha | 34,357 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,281 ha | 37,164 ha | 88,221 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,942 ha | 94,536 ha | 102,363 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,713 ha | 100,839 ha | 146,433 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 174,518 ha | 145,895 ha | 243,102 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 271,410 ha | 247,490 ha | 307,495 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 India 319,043 ha compare
- 2 Mexico 215,659 ha compare
- 3 China 103,743 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 101,473 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 54,279 ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 87,230 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,751 ha compare
- 6 Argentina 68,927 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,691 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 68,239 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 7,520 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 307,495 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 307,495 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,364 ha in 1966.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.