Lemons and limes — Yield in Israel
Israel: Lemons and limes — Yield was 26,639 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 26,639 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Israel peaked at 48,218 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 11,226 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Israel 9th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,395 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,300 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 17,200 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1964 | 16,950 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 15,575 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 18,975 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1967 | 23,053 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1968 | 22,579 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 18,400 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1970 | 24,875 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1971 | 29,000 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1972 | 28,500 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 34,923 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1974 | 26,071 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1975 | 26,929 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 23,688 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1977 | 27,200 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 23,742 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 30,454 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1980 | 28,143 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 25,220 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 37,650 kg/ha | +49.3% |
| 1983 | 39,669 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 32,584 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1985 | 37,714 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 31,576 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 40,828 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 26,471 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1989 | 25,333 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 36,792 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1991 | 31,573 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 32,301 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 24,731 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 26,067 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 25,533 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 23,723 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 22,000 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 19,810 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 17,478 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 13,913 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 11,226 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2002 | 26,029 kg/ha | +131.9% |
| 2003 | 23,637 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 27,928 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 48,218 kg/ha | +72.7% |
| 2006 | 24,511 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 2007 | 23,595 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 20,616 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 37,495 kg/ha | +81.9% |
| 2010 | 39,682 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 36,047 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 36,123 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 36,933 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 34,017 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 29,837 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 31,018 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 31,565 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 27,339 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 29,346 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 28,298 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 28,940 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 27,102 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 26,893 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 26,639 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 26,639 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Israel's 26,639 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +131.9% | 11,226 kg/ha | 26,029 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,270 kg/ha | 11,300 kg/ha | 23,053 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,538 kg/ha | 23,688 kg/ha | 34,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,519 kg/ha | 25,220 kg/ha | 40,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,001 kg/ha | 17,478 kg/ha | 36,792 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,717 kg/ha | 11,226 kg/ha | 48,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,191 kg/ha | 27,339 kg/ha | 39,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,575 kg/ha | 26,639 kg/ha | 28,940 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 6 Argentina 31,252 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12,373 kg/ha compare
- 7 Honduras 30,021 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,517 kg/ha compare
- 8 Chile 27,892 kg/ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,067 kg/ha compare
- 10 Palestine 26,298 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5,843 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 5,280 kg/ha compare
- 12 Australia 23,168 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Israel?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Israel was 26,639 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 48,218 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,226 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Israel rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Israel ranks 9th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.