Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 499 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 499 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 650 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 216 ha, in 1991.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 70th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 405 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 411 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 216 ha | -47.4% |
| 1992 | 241 ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 266 ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 290 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 315 ha | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 339 ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 363 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 406 ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 426 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 450 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 480 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 608 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 607 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 565 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 549 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 533 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 518 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 440 ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 492 ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 487 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 475 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 477 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 477 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 476 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 482 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 487 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 494 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 495 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 497 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 499 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 372.22 ha | 350 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 401.5 ha | 400 ha | 405 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 413 ha | 400 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 327.3 ha | 216 ha | 426 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555.9 ha | 450 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 485.7 ha | 440 ha | 533 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 494.4 ha | 487 ha | 499 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 67 Palestine, State of 540 ha compare
- 68 Central African Republic 532 ha compare
- 69 Azerbaijan 513 ha compare
- 71 Paraguay 491 ha compare
- 72 Congo 472 ha compare
- 73 Puerto Rico 466 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 650 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 216 ha in 1991.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 70th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.