Lemons and limes — Yield in India
India: Lemons and limes — Yield was 12,023 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — yield in India is 12,023 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in India peaked at 13,094 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7,834 kg/ha, in 2007.
India ranks 54th of 107 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,528 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,574 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1963 | 9,574 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,375 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 9,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,654 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 8,222 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 8,889 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 9,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,615 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 11,321 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1977 | 8,889 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 9,600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 9,700 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 9,615 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 9,434 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 10,377 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 9,000 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 10,909 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1987 | 10,714 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 10,170 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 11,500 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 11,569 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 11,765 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 9,460 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1993 | 11,625 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1994 | 10,106 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 10,116 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 8,679 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1997 | 8,475 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 8,485 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 9,031 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 8,810 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 8,387 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 8,764 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 9,847 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 8,899 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 13,094 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2006 | 8,035 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2007 | 7,834 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 8,262 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 8,136 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 8,894 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 9,626 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 9,710 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 9,888 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 9,898 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 11,008 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 9,951 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 9,532 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 11,007 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 11,416 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 11,450 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 10,850 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 12,064 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 12,138 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 12,023 kg/ha | -0.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 12,023 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- India's 12,023 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 5,298 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +47.1% | 8,899 kg/ha | 13,094 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -38.6% | 13,094 kg/ha | 8,035 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,313 kg/ha | 8,222 kg/ha | 11,528 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,443 kg/ha | 8,889 kg/ha | 11,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,142 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 11,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,931 kg/ha | 8,475 kg/ha | 11,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,007 kg/ha | 7,834 kg/ha | 13,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,093 kg/ha | 8,894 kg/ha | 11,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,705 kg/ha | 10,850 kg/ha | 12,138 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in India?
- Lemons and limes — yield in India was 12,023 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 13,094 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,834 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does India rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- India ranks 54th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.