Lemons and limes — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Lemons and limes — Yield was 21,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 21,833 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in South Africa peaked at 24,147 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13,059 kg/ha, in 1971.
South Africa ranks 22nd of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,470 kg/ha | 13,231 kg/ha | 18,492 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,848 kg/ha | 13,059 kg/ha | 15,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,003 kg/ha | 16,195 kg/ha | 21,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,561 kg/ha | 18,015 kg/ha | 20,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,408 kg/ha | 18,574 kg/ha | 20,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,782 kg/ha | 19,278 kg/ha | 24,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,557 kg/ha | 21,255 kg/ha | 21,833 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 19 Jordan 22,261 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22,212 kg/ha compare
- 21 Seychelles 21,868 kg/ha compare
- 23 Kuwait 21,569 kg/ha compare
- 24 Costa Rica 21,296 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 21,270 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in South Africa?
- Lemons and limes — yield in South Africa was 21,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,147 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,059 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does South Africa rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- South Africa ranks 22nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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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About this data
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.