Lemons and limes — Yield in China
China: Lemons and limes — Yield was 22,679 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in China stood at 22,679 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in China peaked at 57,565 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,682 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China 17th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,718 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,682 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 2,766 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 2,708 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 2,818 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 2,875 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 3,323 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1968 | 3,511 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 3,632 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 3,747 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 4,162 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 3,708 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 3,355 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 4,532 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1975 | 4,459 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 5,781 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1977 | 4,859 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1978 | 3,623 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1979 | 3,770 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 4,092 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 4,395 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 4,264 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 3,794 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 3,759 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 2,904 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 4,378 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1987 | 3,979 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 4,329 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 3,842 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 4,936 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1991 | 8,172 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 1992 | 4,783 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1993 | 7,415 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 1994 | 8,003 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 7,768 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 7,289 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 7,694 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 9,961 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1999 | 10,958 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 7,601 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 9,576 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2002 | 12,299 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2003 | 11,944 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 12,614 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 12,873 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 12,706 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 57,565 kg/ha | +353.1% |
| 2008 | 32,944 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2009 | 21,838 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2010 | 17,646 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2011 | 20,778 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2012 | 20,917 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 20,692 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 22,107 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 20,606 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 22,806 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 23,615 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 24,681 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 23,781 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 22,694 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 23,563 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 22,593 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 22,472 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 22,679 kg/ha | +0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 22,679 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- China's 22,679 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,425 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +353.1% | 12,706 kg/ha | 57,565 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +65.6% | 4,936 kg/ha | 8,172 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,004 kg/ha | 2,682 kg/ha | 3,632 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,200 kg/ha | 3,355 kg/ha | 5,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,974 kg/ha | 2,904 kg/ha | 4,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,698 kg/ha | 4,783 kg/ha | 10,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,196 kg/ha | 7,601 kg/ha | 57,565 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,763 kg/ha | 17,646 kg/ha | 24,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,800 kg/ha | 22,472 kg/ha | 23,563 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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
- 18 Algeria 22,366 kg/ha compare
- 19 Jordan 22,261 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22,212 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in China?
- Lemons and limes — yield in China was 22,679 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 57,565 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,682 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- China ranks 17th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.