Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 64,151 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 64,151 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 65,594 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,500 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,620 ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 6,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 7,820 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,790 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 7,905 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 8,054 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 9,980 ha | +23.9% |
| 1969 | 9,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 11,504 ha | +17.4% |
| 1971 | 11,743 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 12,270 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 12,681 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 12,620 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 8,480 ha | -32.8% |
| 1976 | 9,140 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 9,365 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 10,061 ha | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 10,378 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 12,221 ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 12,803 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 15,336 ha | +19.8% |
| 1983 | 15,990 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 16,730 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 20,450 ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 24,220 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 25,073 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 25,703 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 26,621 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 26,501 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 26,292 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 26,229 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 24,916 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 24,057 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 24,073 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 23,910 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 24,637 ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 26,371 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 26,627 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 27,642 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 29,772 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 33,101 ha | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 34,035 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 34,236 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 59,504 ha | +73.8% |
| 2007 | 59,406 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 39,328 ha | -33.8% |
| 2009 | 40,265 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 43,819 ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 42,456 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 43,268 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 43,001 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 47,408 ha | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 50,743 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 58,756 ha | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 61,468 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 59,595 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 58,095 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 60,972 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 63,331 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 65,594 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 65,475 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 64,151 ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,797 ha | 5,500 ha | 9,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,824 ha | 8,480 ha | 12,681 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,153 ha | 12,221 ha | 25,703 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,361 ha | 23,910 ha | 26,621 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,392 ha | 26,627 ha | 59,504 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,861 ha | 42,456 ha | 61,468 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,905 ha | 60,972 ha | 65,594 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Northern Africa was 64,151 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 65,594 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.