Lemons, Limes and products — Processing by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Lemons, Limes and products — Processing is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 245 1000 t in Brazil; the lowest is 1 1000 t in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.5 1000 t, and the mean is 46.46 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 245.
Lemons, Limes and products — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 245 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 2 | India | 196 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 3 | Spain | 140 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 4 | China | 118 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 118 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 6 | Turkey | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 415.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 415.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 3,600.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Peru | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 14 | Lebanon | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 14 | Kuwait | 13 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 19 | United States | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Serbia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 23 | Hungary | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,005 1000 t
- Asia 527 1000 t
- Americas 298 1000 t
- South America 292 1000 t
- Southern Asia 233 1000 t
- Europe 160 1000 t
- European Union (27) 144 1000 t
- Southern Europe 144 1000 t
- Western Asia 138 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 118 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 38 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 32 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 16 1000 t
- Oceania 16 1000 t
- Western Europe 12 1000 t
- Africa 5 1000 t
- United States of America 5 1000 t
- Northern America 5 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 4 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 4 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4 1000 t
- Central America 1 1000 t
- Southern Africa 1 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.