Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 764 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 764 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.6% on the previous year and up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 764 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22 ha, in 1971.
Philippines ranks 61st of 126 countries 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 Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 144 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 99 ha | -31.2% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 102 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 90 ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 64 ha | -28.9% |
| 1969 | 49 ha | -23.4% |
| 1970 | 41 ha | -16.3% |
| 1971 | 22 ha | -46.3% |
| 1972 | 36 ha | +63.6% |
| 1973 | 34 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 33 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 47 ha | +46.9% |
| 1977 | 48 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 35 ha | -27.1% |
| 1979 | 38 ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 37 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 31 ha | -16.2% |
| 1982 | 53 ha | +71.0% |
| 1983 | 92 ha | +73.6% |
| 1984 | 154 ha | +67.4% |
| 1985 | 179 ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 202 ha | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 171 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 164 ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 129 ha | -21.3% |
| 1991 | 616 ha | +377.5% |
| 1992 | 643 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 634 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 656 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 657 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 680 ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 691 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 710 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 727 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 707 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 728 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 758 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 752 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 751 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 747 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 758 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 759 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 755 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 715 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 583 ha | -18.5% |
| 2011 | 530 ha | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 532 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 526 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 504 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 508 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 505 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 516 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 518 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 516 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 540 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 520 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 520 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 585 ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 764 ha | +30.6% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 764 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 41% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 764 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 764 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +377.5% | 129 ha | 616 ha |
| 1983 | +73.6% | 53 ha | 92 ha |
| 1982 | +71.0% | 31 ha | 53 ha |
| 1984 | +67.4% | 92 ha | 154 ha |
| 1972 | +63.6% | 22 ha | 36 ha |
| 1976 | +46.9% | 32 ha | 47 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.44 ha | 49 ha | 144 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36.6 ha | 22 ha | 48 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 126.3 ha | 31 ha | 202 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 614.3 ha | 129 ha | 727 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 743 ha | 707 ha | 759 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 523.8 ha | 504 ha | 583 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 585.8 ha | 520 ha | 764 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 58 Honduras 1,076 ha compare
- 59 Georgia 963 ha compare
- 60 Mozambique 903 ha compare
- 62 Guinea-Bissau 729 ha compare
- 63 Uzbekistan 705 ha compare
- 64 French Guiana 666 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Philippines?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Philippines was 764 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 764 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 ha in 1971.
- How does Philippines rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 61st out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.