Lemons and limes — Yield in Central America
Central America: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,455 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 15,455 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Central America peaked at 15,628 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,165 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 14th 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,165 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,725 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 9,369 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 9,262 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 9,914 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 10,037 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 9,979 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 9,989 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 9,783 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 9,643 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 10,387 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 9,612 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 9,798 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 9,538 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 9,536 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,827 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 9,412 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 9,324 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 9,600 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 10,673 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1981 | 10,760 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 11,481 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 10,372 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 13,241 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1985 | 12,680 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 11,319 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 11,256 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 10,775 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 11,499 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 10,417 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 10,890 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 11,095 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 10,153 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 11,112 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 11,847 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 12,282 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 12,215 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 11,914 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 12,847 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 14,059 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 13,265 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 14,017 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 13,423 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 13,869 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 13,499 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 13,502 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,564 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 15,137 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 14,281 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 13,343 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 14,360 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 13,916 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 14,264 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 14,442 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 14,830 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 15,295 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 15,050 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 14,843 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 15,112 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 15,628 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 15,524 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 15,584 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 15,609 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 15,455 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +27.7% | 10,372 kg/ha | 13,241 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,469 kg/ha | 8,165 kg/ha | 10,037 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,668 kg/ha | 9,324 kg/ha | 10,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,406 kg/ha | 10,372 kg/ha | 13,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,477 kg/ha | 10,153 kg/ha | 12,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,862 kg/ha | 13,265 kg/ha | 15,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,545 kg/ha | 13,343 kg/ha | 15,295 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,560 kg/ha | 15,455 kg/ha | 15,628 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Brazil 25,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 5,280 kg/ha compare
- 12 Australia 23,168 kg/ha compare
- 13 Uruguay 23,093 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 22,863 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 1,991 kg/ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 22,854 kg/ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 22,798 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 22,679 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Central America?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Central America was 15,455 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 15,628 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,165 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.