Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 5,591 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 2017–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 5,591 ha. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 123.6% over ten years.
That places Saudi Arabia 25th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 2018 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,860 ha | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 3,200 ha | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 4,023 ha | +25.7% |
| 2023 | 5,131 ha | +27.5% |
| 2024 | 5,591 ha | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,567 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,600 ha | 3 |
| 2020s | 4,161 ha | 2,860 ha | 5,591 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 5,591 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,591 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 2017.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 25th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.