Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 80,901 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 80,901 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 105,942 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 47,700 ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 13th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 50,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 56,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 56,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 57,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 59,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 62,700 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 61,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 64,600 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 66,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 67,900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 67,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 69,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 73,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 74,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 76,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 76,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 81,680 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 84,200 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 88,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 89,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 92,039 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 99,112 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 104,134 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 105,654 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 104,926 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 105,942 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 102,890 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 93,934 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 99,943 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 100,114 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 95,345 ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 94,674 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 92,740 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 93,166 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 93,831 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 92,810 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 93,148 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 93,144 ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 94,516 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 92,669 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 89,731 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 88,344 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 86,774 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 84,796 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 82,533 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 88,658 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 80,868 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 79,627 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 77,271 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 75,055 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 74,473 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 69,927 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 69,515 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 69,786 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 73,989 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 77,364 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 75,548 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 78,856 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 80,490 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 82,576 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 81,780 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 80,901 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,639 ha | 47,700 ha | 62,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,818 ha | 64,600 ha | 81,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,610 ha | 84,200 ha | 105,942 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,970 ha | 92,740 ha | 100,114 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,203 ha | 80,868 ha | 94,516 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,256 ha | 69,515 ha | 79,627 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,921 ha | 78,856 ha | 82,576 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Southern Europe was 80,901 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 105,942 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.