Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 16,153 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Thailand stood at 16,153 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 33,973 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 11,500 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 16th of 126 countries on this measure, 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,600 ha | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 13,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1972 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 21,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 20,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 22,700 ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 21,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 20,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 20,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 19,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 21,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 24,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 30,186 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 31,748 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 33,973 ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 28,980 ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 17,957 ha | -38.0% |
| 2005 | 17,645 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,574 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 18,005 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 16,898 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 16,144 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 15,643 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 14,883 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 15,037 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 15,039 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16,037 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 16,420 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 16,583 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 16,784 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 17,245 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 16,898 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 16,286 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 16,692 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 16,242 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 16,372 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 16,153 ha | -1.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 16,153 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 8.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 16,153 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 764 ha, 21.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -38.0% | 28,980 ha | 17,957 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,433 ha | 11,500 ha | 13,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,560 ha | 13,600 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,700 ha | 20,000 ha | 22,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,010 ha | 19,800 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,911 ha | 16,144 ha | 33,973 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,057 ha | 14,883 ha | 17,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,349 ha | 16,153 ha | 16,692 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Thailand?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Thailand was 16,153 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 33,973 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 16th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.