Lemons and limes — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Lemons and limes — Yield was 2,403 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 2,403 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 56.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Caribbean peaked at 43,937 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2,403 kg/ha, in 2024.
Caribbean ranks 25th of 25 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,474 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,294 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 33,851 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 31,182 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 33,813 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 31,343 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 32,152 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 33,615 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 34,968 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 34,147 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 37,584 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 38,898 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 37,542 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 36,446 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 35,589 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 35,700 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 36,132 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 35,867 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 36,646 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 37,474 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 39,347 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 42,413 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 38,198 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 43,937 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 7,028 kg/ha | -84.0% |
| 1986 | 6,926 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 7,611 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 6,872 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 7,062 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 6,644 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 4,910 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1992 | 4,232 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 3,296 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1994 | 3,484 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 3,793 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 5,108 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1997 | 6,740 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1998 | 6,434 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 6,978 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 6,928 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 6,370 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 6,011 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 6,807 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 6,132 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 5,560 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 5,962 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 5,631 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 4,802 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 4,310 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 4,914 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 4,251 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 5,845 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2013 | 5,440 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 5,532 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 5,666 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,820 kg/ha | -50.2% |
| 2017 | 2,718 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 2,603 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 2,524 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 2,673 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 2,615 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,726 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 2,448 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 2,403 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -84.0% | 43,937 kg/ha | 7,028 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,299 kg/ha | 31,182 kg/ha | 40,474 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,455 kg/ha | 34,147 kg/ha | 38,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,687 kg/ha | 6,872 kg/ha | 43,937 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,162 kg/ha | 3,296 kg/ha | 6,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,851 kg/ha | 4,310 kg/ha | 6,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,231 kg/ha | 2,524 kg/ha | 5,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,573 kg/ha | 2,403 kg/ha | 2,726 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 22 South Africa 21,833 kg/ha compare
- 23 Kuwait 21,569 kg/ha compare
- 24 Costa Rica 21,296 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 21,270 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cook Islands 20,970 kg/ha compare
- 27 Egypt 20,262 kg/ha compare
- 28 New Zealand 19,453 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Caribbean?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Caribbean was 2,403 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 43,937 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,403 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Caribbean rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.