Lemons and limes — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Lemons and limes — Yield was 5,387 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Yield in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 5,387 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Western Europe peaked at 17,144 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,871 kg/ha, in 1965.
Western Europe ranks 24th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1963 | 8,500 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 4,800 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 1965 | 3,871 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1966 | 5,714 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1967 | 7,818 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1968 | 10,172 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 6,600 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1972 | 9,615 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1973 | 9,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,577 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 9,577 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,827 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 12,346 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1978 | 11,827 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 8,100 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1980 | 15,840 kg/ha | +95.6% |
| 1981 | 7,132 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 1982 | 6,454 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 5,454 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 9,812 kg/ha | +79.9% |
| 1985 | 8,279 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1986 | 9,404 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 13,170 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 12,476 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 10,667 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1990 | 9,231 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 8,571 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 7,692 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 7,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 7,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 6,956 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 6,000 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 5,714 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 5,500 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 5,217 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 4,667 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 4,776 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 5,075 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 6,394 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2008 | 6,738 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 7,013 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 5,916 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2011 | 5,390 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 4,240 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2013 | 4,735 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 4,518 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 4,479 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 11,724 kg/ha | +161.8% |
| 2017 | 17,144 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2018 | 14,549 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 9,383 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 2020 | 10,586 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 10,463 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 9,859 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 5,543 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2024 | 5,387 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +161.8% | 4,479 kg/ha | 11,724 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +95.6% | 8,100 kg/ha | 15,840 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,264 kg/ha | 3,871 kg/ha | 10,172 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,908 kg/ha | 6,600 kg/ha | 12,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,869 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 15,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,217 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 9,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,488 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 7,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,208 kg/ha | 4,240 kg/ha | 17,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,368 kg/ha | 5,387 kg/ha | 10,586 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 21 Seychelles 21,868 kg/ha compare
- 22 South Africa 21,833 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
- 25 Caribbean 2,403 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cook Islands 20,970 kg/ha compare
- 27 Egypt 20,262 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Western Europe?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Western Europe was 5,387 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17,144 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,871 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Western Europe rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.