Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 50,950 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Spain, 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 Spain is 50,950 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Spain peaked at 52,570 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 8th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 8,900 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 11,300 ha | +27.0% |
| 1965 | 11,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 11,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 11,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 12,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 12,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 15,300 ha | +23.4% |
| 1971 | 16,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 17,300 ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 18,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 22,200 ha | +18.7% |
| 1976 | 23,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 26,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31,080 ha | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 33,300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 37,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 38,850 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 45,200 ha | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 48,111 ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 49,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 48,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 49,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 47,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 46,199 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 44,745 ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 45,022 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 43,530 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 43,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 41,085 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 42,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 44,738 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 44,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 45,213 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 45,833 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 47,450 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 47,141 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 47,368 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 47,313 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 45,171 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 43,247 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 41,996 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 46,809 ha | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 39,371 ha | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 40,801 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 39,571 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 39,463 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 38,400 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 37,743 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 38,484 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 41,218 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 43,087 ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 46,010 ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 46,840 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 48,350 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 50,810 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 52,570 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 51,670 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 50,950 ha | -1.4% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 50,950 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 86 ha, 592.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,611 ha | 8,200 ha | 12,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,438 ha | 15,300 ha | 31,080 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,536 ha | 33,300 ha | 49,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,973 ha | 41,085 ha | 46,199 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,170 ha | 39,371 ha | 47,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,162 ha | 37,743 ha | 46,840 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,870 ha | 48,350 ha | 52,570 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 5 Bangladesh 87,230 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,751 ha compare
- 6 Argentina 68,927 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,691 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 68,239 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 7,520 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,341 ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 49,207 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 1,794 ha compare
- 10 Colombia 44,689 ha compare
- 11 South Africa 34,289 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 1,414 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Spain?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Spain was 50,950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 52,570 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.