Lemons and limes — Yield in Chile
Chile: Lemons and limes — Yield was 27,892 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Chile stood at 27,892 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Chile peaked at 27,892 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,952 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Chile 8th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Chile, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,111 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,216 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 6,216 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,316 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 6,923 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 5,952 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 6,739 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 7,000 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 7,037 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 7,018 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 7,241 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 8,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 7,755 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 8,664 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 9,414 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 9,514 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 9,130 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 9,632 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 10,714 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 11,210 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 12,513 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 13,509 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 13,515 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,154 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1985 | 12,331 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 13,371 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 12,730 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 10,734 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 12,500 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 14,274 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 14,148 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 13,814 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 14,116 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 15,603 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 17,378 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 15,487 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 16,234 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 16,438 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 14,837 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 16,704 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 17,323 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 22,059 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 23,188 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 23,571 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 22,917 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 20,139 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 21,528 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 21,013 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 21,039 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 21,519 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 22,213 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 21,939 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 22,088 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 25,697 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 26,166 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 25,864 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 25,838 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 25,705 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 25,884 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 26,270 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 27,182 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 27,261 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 27,577 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 27,892 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 27,892 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Chile's 27,892 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,501 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 7,037 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,708 kg/ha | 7,018 kg/ha | 10,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,357 kg/ha | 10,734 kg/ha | 13,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,233 kg/ha | 13,814 kg/ha | 17,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,948 kg/ha | 16,704 kg/ha | 23,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,291 kg/ha | 21,519 kg/ha | 26,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,236 kg/ha | 26,270 kg/ha | 27,892 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 5 Greece 34,389 kg/ha compare
- 6 Argentina 31,252 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12,373 kg/ha compare
- 7 Honduras 30,021 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,517 kg/ha compare
- 9 Israel 26,639 kg/ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,067 kg/ha compare
- 10 Palestine 26,298 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5,843 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 5,280 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 621.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1082 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Chile?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Chile was 27,892 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 27,892 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,952 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Chile rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Chile ranks 8th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.