Lemons and limes — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 333 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 333 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 394 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 114 ha, in 1978.
That places New Zealand 77th 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 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 153 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 145 ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 143 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 125 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 142 ha | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 158 ha | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 198 ha | +25.3% |
| 1972 | 210 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 161 ha | -23.3% |
| 1974 | 166 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 153 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 116 ha | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 114 ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 116 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 116 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 200 ha | +72.4% |
| 1982 | 120 ha | -40.0% |
| 1983 | 243 ha | +102.5% |
| 1984 | 199 ha | -18.1% |
| 1985 | 220 ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 248 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 277 ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 280 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 334 ha | +19.3% |
| 1993 | 283 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 263 ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 265 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 330 ha | +24.5% |
| 1997 | 250 ha | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 339 ha | +35.6% |
| 2001 | 352 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 364 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 362 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 360 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 334 ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 332 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 340 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 346 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 355 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 359 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 371 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 369 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 394 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 363 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 354 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 340 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 346 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 345 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 325 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 363 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 363 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 333 ha | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144.22 ha | 125 ha | 153 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 154.2 ha | 114 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 211.3 ha | 116 ha | 277 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 283.5 ha | 250 ha | 334 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 347.9 ha | 332 ha | 364 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 359.6 ha | 340 ha | 394 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 341.8 ha | 325 ha | 363 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 74 Cyprus 400 ha compare
- 75 Guadeloupe 370 ha compare
- 76 Tajikistan 340 ha compare
- 78 Cambodia 300 ha compare
- 79 Dominica 293 ha compare
- 80 French Polynesia 289 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in New Zealand was 333 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 394 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 114 ha in 1978.
- How does New Zealand rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 77th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.