Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 466 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 466 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 36.6% on the previous year and up 521.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 735 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 2003.
Puerto Rico ranks 73rd 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 450 ha | — |
| 1986 | 390 ha | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 345 ha | -11.5% |
| 1991 | 409 ha | +18.6% |
| 1992 | 391 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 429 ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 340 ha | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 367 ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 383 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 329 ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 405 ha | +23.1% |
| 1999 | 170 ha | -58.0% |
| 2000 | 145 ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 125 ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 7 ha | -94.6% |
| 2004 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40 ha | +471.4% |
| 2006 | 58 ha | +45.0% |
| 2007 | 73 ha | +25.9% |
| 2008 | 75 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 87 ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 114 ha | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 114 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 122 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 96 ha | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 75 ha | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 95 ha | +26.7% |
| 2016 | 116 ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 144 ha | +24.1% |
| 2018 | 248 ha | +72.2% |
| 2019 | 272 ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 334 ha | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 437 ha | +30.8% |
| 2022 | 419 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 735 ha | +75.4% |
| 2024 | 466 ha | -36.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 402 ha | 390 ha | 450 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 356.8 ha | 170 ha | 429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.7 ha | 7 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 139.6 ha | 75 ha | 272 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 478.2 ha | 334 ha | 735 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 70 Trinidad and Tobago 499 ha compare
- 71 Paraguay 491 ha compare
- 72 Congo 472 ha compare
- 74 Cyprus 400 ha compare
- 75 Guadeloupe 370 ha compare
- 76 Tajikistan 340 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 466 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 735 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 2003.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 73rd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 521.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.