Lemons and limes — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,874 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 15,874 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Suriname peaked at 18,000 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,658 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Suriname 35th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,835 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,252 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 3,142 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 3,380 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 2,653 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1966 | 4,038 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1967 | 5,657 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1968 | 4,762 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1969 | 5,417 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1970 | 5,849 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 6,762 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 8,444 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1973 | 4,086 kg/ha | -51.6% |
| 1974 | 1,658 kg/ha | -59.4% |
| 1975 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1976 | 1,800 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 2,657 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1978 | 2,375 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 1,875 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2001 | 5,250 kg/ha | +180.0% |
| 2002 | 6,125 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 7,516 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 10,156 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2005 | 12,704 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2006 | 14,333 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 15,286 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 16,333 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 16,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 14,364 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 15,048 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 14,600 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 16,562 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 18,000 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 15,938 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 16,467 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 12,667 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2018 | 16,000 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2019 | 15,438 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 14,733 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 15,733 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 16,035 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 15,991 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 15,874 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 15,874 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 15,874 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 Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +180.0% | 1,875 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,904 kg/ha | 2,653 kg/ha | 5,657 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,959 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 10,558 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha | 16,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,508 kg/ha | 12,667 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,673 kg/ha | 14,733 kg/ha | 16,035 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Suriname?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Suriname was 15,874 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,658 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Suriname rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Suriname ranks 35th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.