Lemons and limes — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Lemons and limes — Yield was 20,262 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 20,262 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Egypt peaked at 24,144 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7,840 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Egypt 27th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,333 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 16,667 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1964 | 22,000 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1965 | 20,750 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 16,242 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1967 | 20,893 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1968 | 10,851 kg/ha | -48.1% |
| 1969 | 13,106 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 11,474 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 10,715 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 8,716 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1973 | 9,647 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 8,588 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 12,771 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1976 | 10,107 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1977 | 9,938 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 10,552 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 10,933 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 9,769 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 7,840 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1982 | 17,100 kg/ha | +118.1% |
| 1983 | 19,143 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 9,949 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 1985 | 9,524 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 13,690 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1987 | 13,095 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 14,152 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 13,877 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 22,310 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 1991 | 22,886 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 18,119 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1993 | 19,548 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 20,157 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 21,318 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 22,074 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 18,841 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 17,894 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 18,080 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 17,955 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 18,704 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 22,139 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2003 | 22,348 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 22,361 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 22,533 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,695 kg/ha | -61.4% |
| 2007 | 8,667 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 20,613 kg/ha | +137.8% |
| 2009 | 20,014 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 20,478 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 21,171 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 21,759 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 21,772 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 22,030 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 23,358 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 23,820 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 24,144 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 24,121 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 24,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 23,218 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 21,258 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 19,128 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 19,286 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 20,262 kg/ha | +5.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 20,262 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 20,262 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +137.8% | 8,667 kg/ha | 20,613 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +118.1% | 7,840 kg/ha | 17,100 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -61.4% | 22,533 kg/ha | 8,695 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +60.8% | 13,877 kg/ha | 22,310 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -48.1% | 20,893 kg/ha | 10,851 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -48.0% | 19,143 kg/ha | 9,949 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,760 kg/ha | 10,851 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,344 kg/ha | 8,588 kg/ha | 12,771 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,814 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 19,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,123 kg/ha | 17,894 kg/ha | 22,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,403 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 22,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,665 kg/ha | 20,478 kg/ha | 24,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,630 kg/ha | 19,128 kg/ha | 23,218 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 24 Costa Rica 21,296 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 21,270 kg/ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 2,403 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cook Islands 20,970 kg/ha compare
- 28 New Zealand 19,453 kg/ha compare
- 29 Paraguay 18,581 kg/ha compare
- 30 Lebanon 18,357 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Egypt?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Egypt was 20,262 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 24,144 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,840 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Egypt rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Egypt ranks 27th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.