Lemons and limes — Yield in Africa
Africa: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,157 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Africa stood at 15,157 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Africa peaked at 15,605 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 9,953 kg/ha, in 1972.
Africa ranks 16th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,080 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,620 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 13,010 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 14,951 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1965 | 13,347 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 12,722 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 13,187 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 10,075 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1969 | 11,421 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 10,989 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 10,516 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 9,953 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 10,086 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 10,131 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 11,566 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 10,201 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 10,713 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 11,086 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 10,983 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 10,531 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 10,644 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 13,832 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1983 | 14,495 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 11,291 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1985 | 10,290 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1986 | 11,712 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 11,656 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 11,821 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 11,755 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 15,168 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1991 | 15,605 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 13,482 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1993 | 13,833 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 14,037 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 14,022 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 14,432 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 13,167 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 13,085 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 13,116 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 13,300 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 13,596 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 14,850 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 15,052 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 15,049 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 15,173 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 11,706 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 11,327 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 14,962 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2009 | 14,644 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 13,962 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 14,619 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 14,827 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 14,973 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 14,919 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 14,798 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 13,495 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 13,834 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 14,140 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 14,349 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 15,291 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 14,786 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 14,686 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 15,052 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 15,157 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +32.1% | 11,327 kg/ha | 14,962 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +30.0% | 10,644 kg/ha | 13,832 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +29.0% | 11,755 kg/ha | 15,168 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,935 kg/ha | 10,075 kg/ha | 14,951 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,622 kg/ha | 9,953 kg/ha | 11,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,803 kg/ha | 10,290 kg/ha | 14,495 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,995 kg/ha | 13,085 kg/ha | 15,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,966 kg/ha | 11,327 kg/ha | 15,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,391 kg/ha | 13,495 kg/ha | 14,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,994 kg/ha | 14,686 kg/ha | 15,291 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Africa?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Africa was 15,157 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15,605 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,953 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Africa rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.