Lemons and limes — Production in Italy
Italy: Lemons and limes — Production was 431,590 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Production in Italy, 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 Italy is 431,590 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Italy peaked at 855,930 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 327,282 t, in 2013.
Italy ranks 10th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Production in Italy, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 498,577 t | — |
| 1962 | 362,715 t | -27.2% |
| 1963 | 491,078 t | +35.4% |
| 1964 | 565,361 t | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 563,191 t | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 608,099 t | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 676,792 t | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 806,150 t | +19.1% |
| 1969 | 783,318 t | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 752,642 t | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 783,622 t | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 692,325 t | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 775,380 t | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 770,020 t | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 806,930 t | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 743,800 t | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 779,090 t | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 739,020 t | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 765,250 t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 697,950 t | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 793,180 t | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 632,290 t | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 855,930 t | +35.4% |
| 1984 | 700,130 t | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 739,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 742,420 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 592,100 t | -20.2% |
| 1988 | 709,340 t | +19.8% |
| 1989 | 668,490 t | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 638,590 t | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 714,940 t | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 747,202 t | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 744,260 t | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 552,064 t | -25.8% |
| 1995 | 544,801 t | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 609,664 t | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 575,805 t | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 459,600 t | -20.2% |
| 1999 | 543,744 t | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 613,205 t | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 546,600 t | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 486,410 t | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 520,128 t | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 583,443 t | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 603,392 t | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 573,171 t | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 556,417 t | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 518,500 t | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 544,532 t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 522,377 t | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 483,088 t | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 346,325 t | -28.3% |
| 2013 | 327,282 t | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 370,458 t | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 388,434 t | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 435,471 t | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 418,102 t | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 424,630 t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 445,950 t | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 473,280 t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 466,990 t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 476,310 t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 472,960 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 431,590 t | -8.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 431,590 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 442.12 t, 976.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 595,031 t | 362,715 t | 806,150 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 760,808 t | 692,325 t | 806,930 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 713,083 t | 592,100 t | 855,930 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 613,067 t | 459,600 t | 747,202 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 554,580 t | 486,410 t | 613,205 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 416,212 t | 327,282 t | 522,377 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 464,226 t | 431,590 t | 476,310 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 7 Spain 919,510 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 95,157 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 32,630 t compare
- 8 South Africa 748,644 t compare
- 9 Colombia 592,297 t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 10,484 t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,000 t compare
- 11 Peru 419,068 t compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,887 t compare
- 12 Sudan 415,369 t compare
- 13 Egypt 381,921 t compare
- 13 Polynesia 2,815 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Italy?
- Lemons and limes — production in Italy was 431,590 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 855,930 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 327,282 t in 2013.
- How does Italy rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Italy ranks 10th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.