Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 13,335 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 13,335 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 13,335 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1964.
Western Africa ranks 22nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +80.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,030 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 5,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 5,110 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 5,160 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 5,215 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 5,270 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 5,320 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 5,380 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 5,405 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 5,430 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 5,460 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 5,485 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 5,510 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 4,379 ha | -20.5% |
| 1991 | 4,334 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 4,548 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 4,735 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 4,920 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 5,134 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 5,396 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 5,646 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 5,797 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 5,975 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 6,188 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 6,443 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 6,639 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 6,912 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 7,141 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 7,294 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 7,430 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 7,969 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 8,180 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 8,217 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 9,279 ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 9,367 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 9,435 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 9,677 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 9,646 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 9,904 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 9,697 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 10,518 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 11,534 ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 11,539 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11,530 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,059 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 12,394 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 13,324 ha | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 13,335 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,770 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,364 ha | 5,160 ha | 5,510 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,086 ha | 4,334 ha | 5,975 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,241 ha | 6,188 ha | 8,217 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,060 ha | 9,279 ha | 11,539 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,528 ha | 11,530 ha | 13,335 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Western Africa was 13,335 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13,335 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1964.
- How does Western Africa rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.