Lemons and limes — Production in Seychelles
Seychelles: Lemons and limes — Production was 56.27 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Production in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — production in Seychelles stood at 56.27 t.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Seychelles peaked at 56.78 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20 t, in 1961.
Seychelles ranks 102nd of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Production in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 t | — |
| 1962 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 21 t | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 22 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 22 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23 t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 23 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 23 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 23 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 24 t | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 24 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 25 t | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 25 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 26 t | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 27 t | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 30 t | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 35 t | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 30 t | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 30.26 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 29.8 t | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 29.75 t | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 30.06 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 30.7 t | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 31.63 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 32.82 t | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 34.22 t | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 35.81 t | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 37.54 t | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 39.38 t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 41.3 t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 43.26 t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 45.22 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 46.76 t | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 50 t | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 51.34 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 52.44 t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 52.98 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 53.81 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 54.62 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 55.39 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 56.1 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 56.78 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 56.09 t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 56.33 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 56.4 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 56.27 t | -0.2% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 56.27 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 442.12 t, 13% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 56.27 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,719 t, 1% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.56 t | 20 t | 22 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.8 t | 22 t | 26 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.3 t | 26 t | 30 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.96 t | 29.75 t | 35 t | 5 |
| 2000s | 35.67 t | 30.06 t | 43.26 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.87 t | 45.22 t | 56.1 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.37 t | 56.09 t | 56.78 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 99 Grenada 131.04 t compare
- 100 Niue 109.1 t compare
- 101 Brunei Darussalam 69.05 t compare
- 103 Maldives 38.33 t compare
- 104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 t compare
- 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Seychelles?
- Lemons and limes — production in Seychelles was 56.27 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 56.78 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 t in 1961.
- How does Seychelles rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Seychelles ranks 102nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.