Lemons and limes — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Lemons and limes — Yield was 22,854 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — yield in Australia and New Zealand is 22,854 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 27,049 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 10,994 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Australia and New Zealand 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,256 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,771 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 13,145 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 10,994 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1965 | 12,103 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 11,168 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 13,110 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 15,646 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1969 | 14,417 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 15,264 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 16,351 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 15,442 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 15,997 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 15,836 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 16,914 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 16,329 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 18,144 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 18,770 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 24,234 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1980 | 20,286 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1981 | 24,989 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1982 | 22,185 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 19,109 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 19,393 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 26,351 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1986 | 27,049 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 24,125 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 20,343 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 19,970 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 21,894 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 19,860 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 19,630 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 14,988 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 19,983 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 18,884 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 15,832 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1997 | 20,215 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1998 | 18,080 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 19,199 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 21,589 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 25,578 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 26,350 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 23,149 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2004 | 21,176 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 21,423 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 20,818 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 21,229 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 21,587 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 21,029 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 21,694 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 21,885 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 21,618 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 21,745 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 21,978 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 22,536 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 22,914 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 22,819 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 22,975 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 23,161 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 23,283 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 23,088 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 22,752 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 22,779 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 22,854 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,623 kg/ha | 10,994 kg/ha | 15,646 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,328 kg/ha | 15,264 kg/ha | 24,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,380 kg/ha | 19,109 kg/ha | 27,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,856 kg/ha | 14,988 kg/ha | 21,894 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,393 kg/ha | 20,818 kg/ha | 26,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,333 kg/ha | 21,618 kg/ha | 23,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,951 kg/ha | 22,752 kg/ha | 23,283 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 22,854 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 27,049 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,994 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.