Lemons and limes — Yield in Italy
Italy: Lemons and limes — Yield was 17,480 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Yield in Italy, 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 Italy is 17,480 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Italy peaked at 22,393 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 12,518 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Italy 33rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,806 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,638 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1963 | 16,479 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1964 | 17,779 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 17,600 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 18,711 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 20,083 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 22,393 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 22,380 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 21,504 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 22,199 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 19,502 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 21,780 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 21,271 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 22,230 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 20,547 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 21,522 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 20,528 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 21,257 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 19,388 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 21,911 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 17,467 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 22,238 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1984 | 17,901 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1985 | 18,875 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 18,973 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 15,122 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1988 | 18,287 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1989 | 17,481 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 21,086 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1991 | 18,840 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 19,670 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 19,609 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 14,588 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1995 | 14,352 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 16,247 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1997 | 16,231 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 12,931 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 15,532 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2000 | 17,705 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 15,869 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 14,648 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 16,960 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 19,888 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 20,113 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 19,106 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 19,187 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 17,226 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 18,103 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 18,104 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17,436 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 13,474 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2013 | 12,518 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 14,251 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 15,253 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 19,229 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 16,648 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 16,516 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 19,280 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 19,068 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 19,186 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 19,394 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 19,086 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 17,480 kg/ha | -8.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 17,480 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Italy's 17,480 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14,011 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,430 kg/ha | 12,638 kg/ha | 22,393 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,234 kg/ha | 19,502 kg/ha | 22,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,764 kg/ha | 15,122 kg/ha | 22,238 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,909 kg/ha | 12,931 kg/ha | 21,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,880 kg/ha | 14,648 kg/ha | 20,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,271 kg/ha | 12,518 kg/ha | 19,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,843 kg/ha | 17,480 kg/ha | 19,394 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Italy?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Italy was 17,480 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 22,393 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,518 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Italy rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Italy ranks 33rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.