Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,890 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 1,890 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 103.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 2,066 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 848 ha, in 2009.
Portugal ranks 46th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1966 | 1,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,823 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,872 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 1,923 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,980 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 2,040 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 2,050 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 2,066 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,200 ha | -41.9% |
| 1994 | 1,304 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 1,314 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,280 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,297 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 1,004 ha | -22.6% |
| 2000 | 979 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 994 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 994 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 993 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 952 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 942 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 894 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 881 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 880 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 848 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 854 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 866 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 875 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 890 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 931 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 967 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 983 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 997 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,070 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 1,620 ha | +51.4% |
| 2020 | 1,640 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,670 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,680 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,760 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 1,890 ha | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,428 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,840 ha | 1,800 ha | 1,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,486 ha | 1,004 ha | 2,066 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 935.7 ha | 848 ha | 994 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,005 ha | 854 ha | 1,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,728 ha | 1,640 ha | 1,890 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Portugal?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Portugal was 1,890 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,066 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 848 ha in 2009.
- How does Portugal rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 46th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.