Lemons and limes — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Lemons and limes — Production was 4.63 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 4.63 million t for lemons and limes — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Southern Asia peaked at 4.63 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 465,000 t, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 4th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 465,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 497,181 t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 515,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 516,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 519,900 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 531,647 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 540,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 470,040 t | -13.0% |
| 1969 | 497,942 t | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 555,588 t | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 570,051 t | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 571,424 t | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 580,024 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 610,454 t | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 660,756 t | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 768,643 t | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 574,510 t | -25.3% |
| 1978 | 693,534 t | +20.7% |
| 1979 | 664,228 t | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 689,533 t | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 737,590 t | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 739,767 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 752,484 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 817,661 t | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 798,256 t | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 1.06 million t | +32.5% |
| 1987 | 1.07 million t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 1.06 million t | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.22 million t | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 1.25 million t | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 1.26 million t | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.07 million t | -14.7% |
| 1993 | 1.31 million t | +22.0% |
| 1994 | 1.33 million t | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.39 million t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 1.34 million t | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 1.50 million t | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 1.53 million t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 1.76 million t | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 2.02 million t | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 1.92 million t | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 2.09 million t | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 2.12 million t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 2.17 million t | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.81 million t | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 2.80 million t | +54.7% |
| 2007 | 2.93 million t | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 3.03 million t | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.08 million t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 3.17 million t | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 2.66 million t | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 2.86 million t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 3.14 million t | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 3.51 million t | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 3.67 million t | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 3.10 million t | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 3.04 million t | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 3.83 million t | +25.7% |
| 2019 | 4.17 million t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 4.39 million t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 4.32 million t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 4.55 million t | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 4.57 million t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4.63 million t | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,857 t | 465,000 t | 540,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 624,921 t | 555,588 t | 768,643 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 893,694 t | 689,533 t | 1.22 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.38 million t | 1.07 million t | 1.76 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.40 million t | 1.81 million t | 3.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.31 million t | 2.66 million t | 4.17 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.49 million t | 4.32 million t | 4.63 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 32.32 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 2.45 million ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 11,729 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 1.32 million ha (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production 130,062 t (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 314,953 ha (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 15 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 1.88 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Southern Asia?
- Lemons and limes — production in Southern Asia was 4.63 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.63 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 465,000 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.