Lemons and limes — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Lemons and limes — Yield was 674 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 674 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.4% on the previous year and down 72.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 10,826 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 674 kg/ha, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 106th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 10,089 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 8,513 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 9,269 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 9,497 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 9,415 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 10,826 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1991 | 8,469 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 8,796 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 8,647 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 8,809 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 8,167 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 7,829 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 7,417 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 4,472 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1999 | 8,841 kg/ha | +97.7% |
| 2000 | 8,772 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 8,744 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,762 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,429 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2004 | 5,714 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 5,550 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 5,519 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 5,217 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 4,904 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 4,534 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 4,212 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 3,892 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 3,576 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 3,268 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 2,452 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 2,420 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,399 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,085 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 1,210 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 2019 | 1,348 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 1,462 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 1,412 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,862 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2023 | 1,170 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2024 | 674 kg/ha | -42.4% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 674 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 4% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 674 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 4% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +97.7% | 4,472 kg/ha | 8,841 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,357 kg/ha | 8,513 kg/ha | 10,089 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 8,227 kg/ha | 4,472 kg/ha | 10,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,315 kg/ha | 4,534 kg/ha | 8,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,686 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 4,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,316 kg/ha | 674 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 103 Iraq 1,484 kg/ha compare
- 104 Bangladesh 1,222 kg/ha compare
- 105 Sri Lanka 1,137 kg/ha compare
- 107 Kyrgyzstan 473.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Puerto Rico was 674 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 10,826 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 674 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 106th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.