Lemons and limes — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Lemons and limes — Production was 30,681 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 30,681 t for lemons and limes — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Yemen peaked at 31,033 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 42nd of 127 countries on this measure, 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 3,200 t | — |
| 1980 | 3,300 t | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 3,007 t | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 3,153 t | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 3,153 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,289 t | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 3,428 t | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 3,875 t | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 4,509 t | +16.4% |
| 1988 | 5,042 t | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 5,997 t | +18.9% |
| 1990 | 6,335 t | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 6,322 t | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 6,374 t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 6,411 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 6,362 t | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 6,669 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 7,194 t | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 7,341 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 7,938 t | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 8,209 t | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 8,418 t | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 9,443 t | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 10,062 t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 10,410 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 13,672 t | +31.3% |
| 2005 | 14,082 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 20,397 t | +44.8% |
| 2007 | 21,825 t | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 22,370 t | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 23,039 t | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 24,386 t | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 24,632 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 24,456 t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 24,788 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 25,082 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 23,326 t | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 23,061 t | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 22,872 t | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 21,856 t | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 25,668 t | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 25,713 t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 31,033 t | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 30,809 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 30,582 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 30,681 t | +0.3% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 30,681 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,719 t, 5.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 30,681 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 30,681 t, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Production in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +44.8% | 14,082 t | 20,397 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 320 t | 0 t | 3,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,875 t | 3,007 t | 5,997 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,916 t | 6,322 t | 8,209 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,372 t | 8,418 t | 23,039 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,013 t | 21,856 t | 25,668 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,764 t | 25,713 t | 31,033 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — production in Yemen?
- Lemons and limes — production in Yemen was 30,681 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 31,033 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Yemen ranks 42nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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.