Lemons and limes — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,263 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Mexico stood at 15,263 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Mexico peaked at 15,434 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,350 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 40th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,989 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 8,668 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 8,636 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 9,293 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 9,431 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 9,343 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 9,352 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 9,191 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 9,092 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 10,097 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 9,318 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 9,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 9,239 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 9,232 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 9,510 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 9,094 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 8,941 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 9,250 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 9,882 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 9,950 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 10,728 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 9,501 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 12,417 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1985 | 12,268 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 10,667 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1987 | 10,514 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 9,974 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 10,734 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 9,534 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 9,832 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 10,104 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 9,123 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 10,155 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 11,012 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 11,547 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 11,429 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 11,161 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 12,205 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 13,533 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 12,623 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 13,577 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 13,379 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 13,687 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 13,192 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 13,359 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 13,293 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 14,985 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 14,021 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 13,147 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 14,222 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 13,742 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 14,092 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 14,096 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14,490 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 14,864 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 14,677 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 14,491 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 14,718 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 15,356 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 15,253 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 15,424 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 15,434 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 15,263 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 15,263 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 15,263 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +30.7% | 9,501 kg/ha | 12,417 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,806 kg/ha | 7,350 kg/ha | 9,431 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,327 kg/ha | 8,941 kg/ha | 10,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,663 kg/ha | 9,501 kg/ha | 12,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,610 kg/ha | 9,123 kg/ha | 12,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,565 kg/ha | 12,623 kg/ha | 14,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,254 kg/ha | 13,147 kg/ha | 14,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,346 kg/ha | 15,253 kg/ha | 15,434 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 37 Uzbekistan 15,745 kg/ha compare
- 38 Japan 15,665 kg/ha compare
- 39 El Salvador 15,628 kg/ha compare
- 41 Saint Lucia 15,197 kg/ha compare
- 42 Tunisia 14,917 kg/ha compare
- 43 Peru 14,651 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Mexico?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Mexico was 15,263 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 15,434 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,350 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Mexico ranks 40th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.