Lemons and limes — Yield in Spain
Spain: Lemons and limes — Yield was 18,047 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Spain, 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 Spain is 18,047 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Spain peaked at 28,898 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6,327 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Spain 31st 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,756 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,524 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1963 | 11,910 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1964 | 11,858 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 8,571 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1966 | 8,184 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 9,569 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1968 | 6,653 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1969 | 10,500 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1970 | 6,327 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1971 | 6,689 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 10,917 kg/ha | +63.2% |
| 1973 | 15,341 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 1974 | 12,054 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 11,428 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 10,167 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 12,946 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1978 | 9,527 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1979 | 11,155 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 10,090 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 11,981 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 11,303 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 14,015 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1984 | 6,392 kg/ha | -54.4% |
| 1985 | 10,011 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1986 | 12,482 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1987 | 15,185 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1988 | 14,748 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 13,304 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 13,630 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 12,412 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 16,514 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1993 | 18,130 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 15,181 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 14,738 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 16,941 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 20,389 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1998 | 20,039 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 19,323 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 19,965 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 21,583 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 19,807 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 23,847 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 17,126 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 20,917 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2006 | 20,282 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 12,065 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 2008 | 14,697 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 14,177 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 17,595 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2011 | 18,604 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 17,323 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 18,628 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 28,898 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 2015 | 23,030 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2016 | 23,184 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 21,482 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 23,630 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 18,892 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2020 | 22,760 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 20,023 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 16,421 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2023 | 22,235 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2024 | 18,047 kg/ha | -18.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 18,047 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Spain's 18,047 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14,011 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,170 kg/ha | 6,653 kg/ha | 14,756 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,655 kg/ha | 6,327 kg/ha | 15,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,951 kg/ha | 6,392 kg/ha | 15,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,730 kg/ha | 12,412 kg/ha | 20,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,447 kg/ha | 12,065 kg/ha | 23,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,127 kg/ha | 17,323 kg/ha | 28,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,897 kg/ha | 16,421 kg/ha | 22,760 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Spain?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Spain was 18,047 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 28,898 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,327 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Spain ranks 31st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.