Lemons and limes — Yield in Cyprus
Cyprus: Lemons and limes — Yield was 11,850 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Cyprus stood at 11,850 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Cyprus peaked at 25,705 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,510 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Cyprus 56th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,182 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 9,250 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 9,182 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 10,538 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 9,812 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 9,227 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 9,467 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 9,737 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 9,810 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 10,160 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 18,854 kg/ha | +85.6% |
| 1973 | 14,830 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1974 | 6,510 kg/ha | -56.1% |
| 1975 | 16,706 kg/ha | +156.6% |
| 1976 | 13,882 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 18,629 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1978 | 8,007 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 1979 | 10,552 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1980 | 10,354 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 12,578 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1982 | 14,095 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 14,948 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 12,383 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 12,386 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13,289 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 12,058 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1988 | 11,600 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 16,800 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1990 | 17,917 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 17,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 22,222 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1993 | 17,824 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1994 | 20,946 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 19,655 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 18,929 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 17,692 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 19,546 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 20,091 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 19,905 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 22,330 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 20,952 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 22,168 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 23,912 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 23,413 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 21,062 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 19,824 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 23,157 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 17,567 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2010 | 24,133 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 2011 | 22,140 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 16,985 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2013 | 18,893 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 21,000 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 25,705 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 17,335 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 2017 | 17,044 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 13,522 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2019 | 12,644 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 13,146 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 12,200 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 12,103 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 12,105 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11,850 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 11,850 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 11,850 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14,011 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +156.6% | 6,510 kg/ha | 16,706 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +85.6% | 10,160 kg/ha | 18,854 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,516 kg/ha | 9,182 kg/ha | 10,538 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,794 kg/ha | 6,510 kg/ha | 18,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,049 kg/ha | 10,354 kg/ha | 16,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,182 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,429 kg/ha | 17,567 kg/ha | 23,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,940 kg/ha | 12,644 kg/ha | 25,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,281 kg/ha | 11,850 kg/ha | 13,146 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Cyprus?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Cyprus was 11,850 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 25,705 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,510 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Cyprus rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Cyprus ranks 56th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.