Lemons and limes — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Lemons and limes — Yield was 5,793 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 5,793 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Somalia peaked at 6,724 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,429 kg/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 76th 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,429 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,611 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 3,611 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,889 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 3,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,167 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 4,054 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 4,054 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,324 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 4,324 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,474 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 4,474 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,474 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,750 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 4,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,500 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 4,600 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 4,800 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 4,833 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 5,583 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 5,385 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 5,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,981 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 4,737 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 4,500 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,125 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 5,577 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 6,000 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 6,150 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 6,331 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 6,546 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 6,724 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 6,721 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,640 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 6,462 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 6,538 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 6,640 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 6,573 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 6,523 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 6,485 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 6,445 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 6,406 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 6,250 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,264 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 6,185 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 6,125 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,078 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 6,120 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 6,104 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 6,066 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,933 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 5,884 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,838 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 5,793 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 5,793 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,735 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 5,793 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,801 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,792 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,532 kg/ha | 4,324 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,109 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 5,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,440 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 6,331 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,585 kg/ha | 6,462 kg/ha | 6,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,223 kg/ha | 6,078 kg/ha | 6,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,903 kg/ha | 5,793 kg/ha | 6,066 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 73 Dominica 6,202 kg/ha compare
- 74 Guinea-Bissau 6,116 kg/ha compare
- 75 Ethiopia PDR 6,111 kg/ha compare
- 77 Malawi 5,677 kg/ha compare
- 78 Djibouti 5,403 kg/ha compare
- 79 Central African Republic 5,400 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Somalia?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Somalia was 5,793 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,724 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,429 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Somalia ranks 76th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.