Lemons and limes — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Lemons and limes — Production was 284,664 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — production in Eastern Africa is 284,664 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 143.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 284,664 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,520 t, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,029 t | 6,520 t | 16,362 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,282 t | 16,962 t | 22,766 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,858 t | 22,350 t | 37,383 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,982 t | 34,161 t | 44,340 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,863 t | 43,203 t | 88,939 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 116,379 t | 76,162 t | 153,101 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 240,272 t | 202,901 t | 284,664 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Eastern Africa?
- Lemons and limes — production in Eastern Africa was 284,664 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 284,664 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,520 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 143.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — Production. 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.