Lemons and limes — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Lemons and limes — Yield was 3,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Cuba, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Cuba stood at 3,770 kg/ha.
The figure is up 154.5% on the previous year and down 57.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Cuba peaked at 10,160 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,354 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Cuba 92nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6,706 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,561 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 7,935 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1988 | 6,371 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 7,046 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 6,250 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 4,420 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1992 | 2,241 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 1993 | 1,354 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1994 | 1,575 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 1,883 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 4,043 kg/ha | +114.7% |
| 1997 | 5,488 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1998 | 4,289 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1999 | 5,944 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2000 | 6,715 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 7,478 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 5,652 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2003 | 7,500 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2004 | 5,354 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2005 | 2,801 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2006 | 4,640 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 2007 | 5,764 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2008 | 6,013 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 7,437 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 6,894 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 7,895 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 8,588 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 7,660 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 8,825 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 7,286 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 7,546 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 7,885 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 10,160 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2019 | 7,122 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 7,827 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 6,832 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 7,418 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 1,481 kg/ha | -80.0% |
| 2024 | 3,770 kg/ha | +154.5% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 3,770 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 3,770 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,924 kg/ha | 6,371 kg/ha | 7,935 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,749 kg/ha | 1,354 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,935 kg/ha | 2,801 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,986 kg/ha | 6,894 kg/ha | 10,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,466 kg/ha | 1,481 kg/ha | 7,827 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 89 Ethiopia 4,130 kg/ha compare
- 90 Panama 3,959 kg/ha compare
- 91 Niue 3,850 kg/ha compare
- 93 New Caledonia 3,461 kg/ha compare
- 94 Mozambique 3,397 kg/ha compare
- 95 Madagascar 3,297 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Cuba?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Cuba was 3,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10,160 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,354 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Cuba rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Cuba ranks 92nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.