Lemons and limes — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Lemons and limes — Yield was 22,366 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 22,366 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Algeria peaked at 22,366 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,246 kg/ha, in 1985.
Algeria ranks 18th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,847 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,020 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 9,987 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 10,290 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 10,109 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 10,462 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 9,804 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 9,656 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 9,978 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 10,172 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 9,923 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 10,046 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 9,978 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 10,086 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 10,230 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 7,330 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1977 | 7,454 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 7,643 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 7,486 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 7,758 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 7,430 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 7,447 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 7,630 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 7,307 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 7,246 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 7,632 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 7,264 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 7,358 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 11,687 kg/ha | +58.8% |
| 1991 | 7,866 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1992 | 10,466 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1993 | 11,066 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 11,964 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 8,333 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1996 | 7,692 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 7,863 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 10,864 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1999 | 11,360 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 10,885 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 11,634 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 13,818 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 13,851 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 15,036 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 14,960 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 14,399 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 12,262 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 12,421 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 16,847 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2010 | 12,002 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2011 | 16,482 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2012 | 16,960 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 18,243 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 22,198 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 19,146 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 17,243 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 18,365 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 19,808 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 21,787 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 21,374 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 20,732 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 21,382 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 22,255 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 22,366 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 22,366 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 22,366 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +58.8% | 7,358 kg/ha | 11,687 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +38.2% | 7,863 kg/ha | 10,864 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +37.3% | 12,002 kg/ha | 16,482 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +35.6% | 12,421 kg/ha | 16,847 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -32.7% | 11,687 kg/ha | 7,866 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,017 kg/ha | 9,656 kg/ha | 10,462 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,035 kg/ha | 7,330 kg/ha | 10,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,435 kg/ha | 7,246 kg/ha | 7,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,916 kg/ha | 7,692 kg/ha | 11,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,611 kg/ha | 10,885 kg/ha | 16,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,223 kg/ha | 12,002 kg/ha | 22,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,622 kg/ha | 20,732 kg/ha | 22,366 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 22,854 kg/ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 22,798 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 22,679 kg/ha compare
- 19 Jordan 22,261 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22,212 kg/ha compare
- 21 Seychelles 21,868 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Algeria?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Algeria was 22,366 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 22,366 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,246 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Algeria rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Algeria ranks 18th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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.