Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 8,885 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 8,885 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 13,000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,680 ha, in 1969.
That places Sri Lanka 21st out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,587 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,491 ha | -19.6% |
| 1963 | 7,942 ha | +76.8% |
| 1964 | 6,741 ha | -15.1% |
| 1965 | 6,205 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 4,220 ha | -32.0% |
| 1967 | 4,763 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 4,612 ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 3,680 ha | -20.2% |
| 1970 | 3,894 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 4,498 ha | +15.5% |
| 1972 | 4,766 ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 3,790 ha | -20.5% |
| 1974 | 4,204 ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 4,528 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 4,542 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 4,453 ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 4,060 ha | -8.8% |
| 1979 | 4,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,954 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 3,910 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 3,883 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 3,950 ha | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 4,090 ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 5,217 ha | +27.6% |
| 1987 | 4,937 ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 5,040 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 5,190 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 4,960 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 5,155 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 5,772 ha | +12.0% |
| 1993 | 6,773 ha | +17.3% |
| 1994 | 6,892 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 6,665 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 6,691 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 6,854 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 6,803 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 6,960 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 7,340 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 7,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 7,630 ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 9,700 ha | +27.1% |
| 2004 | 9,180 ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 9,680 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 8,970 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 9,320 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 9,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 10,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 11,090 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 11,930 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 12,140 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 11,592 ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 12,138 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 13,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 10,967 ha | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 10,798 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 10,094 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 10,238 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 10,534 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 9,625 ha | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 9,529 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,800 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 8,885 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,360 ha | 3,680 ha | 7,942 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,276 ha | 3,790 ha | 4,766 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,387 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,217 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,352 ha | 4,960 ha | 6,960 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,902 ha | 7,000 ha | 10,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,399 ha | 10,094 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,475 ha | 8,800 ha | 10,534 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 8,885 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,680 ha in 1969.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 21st out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.