Lemons and limes — Production in Israel
Israel: Lemons and limes — Production was 63,753 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Production in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — production in Israel stood at 63,753 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Israel peaked at 75,565 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 16,000 t, in 2000.
Israel ranks 30th of 127 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 — Production in Israel, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,650 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,600 t | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 34,400 t | +52.2% |
| 1964 | 33,900 t | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 31,150 t | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 37,950 t | +21.8% |
| 1967 | 43,800 t | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 42,900 t | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 36,800 t | -14.2% |
| 1970 | 39,800 t | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 46,400 t | +16.6% |
| 1972 | 39,900 t | -14.0% |
| 1973 | 45,400 t | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 36,500 t | -19.6% |
| 1975 | 37,700 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 37,900 t | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 40,800 t | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 36,800 t | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 50,250 t | +36.5% |
| 1980 | 59,100 t | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 51,700 t | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 68,900 t | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 72,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 58,000 t | -19.4% |
| 1985 | 66,000 t | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 58,100 t | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 69,000 t | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 45,000 t | -34.8% |
| 1989 | 41,800 t | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 48,050 t | +15.0% |
| 1991 | 39,150 t | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 38,600 t | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 26,660 t | -30.9% |
| 1994 | 26,380 t | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 26,810 t | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 26,760 t | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 22,000 t | -17.8% |
| 1998 | 20,800 t | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 20,100 t | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 16,000 t | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 17,400 t | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 45,030 t | +158.8% |
| 2003 | 47,510 t | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 50,270 t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 68,470 t | +36.2% |
| 2006 | 37,257 t | -45.6% |
| 2007 | 40,937 t | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 36,285 t | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 62,617 t | +72.6% |
| 2010 | 65,078 t | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 62,721 t | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 68,634 t | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 71,391 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 70,007 t | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 62,031 t | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 67,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 74,808 t | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 71,027 t | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 75,565 t | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 71,312 t | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 74,839 t | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 71,361 t | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 70,487 t | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 63,753 t | -9.6% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 63,753 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 442.12 t, 144.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Israel's 63,753 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 30,681 t, 2.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Production in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +158.8% | 17,400 t | 45,030 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,906 t | 21,650 t | 43,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,145 t | 36,500 t | 50,250 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,960 t | 41,800 t | 72,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,531 t | 20,100 t | 48,050 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,178 t | 16,000 t | 68,470 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,826 t | 62,031 t | 75,565 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,350 t | 63,753 t | 74,839 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Israel?
- Lemons and limes — production in Israel was 63,753 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 75,565 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,000 t in 2000.
- How does Israel rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Israel ranks 30th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.