Lemons and limes — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Lemons and limes — Production was 2.24 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 2.24 million t for lemons and limes — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2.24 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 280,329 t, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8th 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.
Lemons and limes — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 280,329 t | — |
| 1962 | 295,029 t | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 314,065 t | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 360,459 t | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 368,435 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 359,445 t | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 385,794 t | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 355,606 t | -7.8% |
| 1969 | 382,588 t | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 377,371 t | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 371,650 t | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 368,271 t | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 388,863 t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 424,241 t | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 390,631 t | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 385,953 t | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 428,802 t | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 452,023 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 452,144 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 466,615 t | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 505,322 t | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 619,746 t | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 652,071 t | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 608,880 t | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 633,273 t | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 783,197 t | +23.7% |
| 1987 | 827,712 t | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 770,808 t | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 896,817 t | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 1.05 million t | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 1.09 million t | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 950,282 t | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 952,488 t | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 969,197 t | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million t | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million t | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 1.09 million t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 974,386 t | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 1.04 million t | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million t | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million t | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 1.19 million t | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million t | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million t | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 1.32 million t | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1.33 million t | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.35 million t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.31 million t | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.34 million t | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.33 million t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.41 million t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1.42 million t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.52 million t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 1.59 million t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.60 million t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.55 million t | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 1.62 million t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 1.70 million t | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.84 million t | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 1.90 million t | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1.98 million t | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 2.09 million t | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 2.24 million t | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 344,639 t | 280,329 t | 385,794 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 403,995 t | 368,271 t | 452,144 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 676,444 t | 466,615 t | 896,817 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million t | 950,282 t | 1.09 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.35 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 million t | 1.33 million t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.01 million t | 1.84 million t | 2.24 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 5 Argentina 2.15 million t compare
- 6 Brazil 1.72 million t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 134,013 t compare
- 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 Italy 431,590 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Lemons and limes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.24 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.24 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 280,329 t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.