Lemons, Limes and products — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Lemons, Limes and products — Production is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 3,787 1000 t in India; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.5 1000 t, and the mean is 307.51 1000 t.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Lemons, Limes and products — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3,787 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 2 | Mexico | 3,249 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 3 | China | 2,414 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 2,381 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 5 | Turkey | 2,326 1000 t | 2023 | up 220.4% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 2,326 1000 t | 2023 | up 220.4% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 1,998 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 1,724 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 9 | Spain | 1,149 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 10 | United States | 1,012 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 810 1000 t | 2023 | up 215.2% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 541 1000 t | 2023 | up 343.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 493 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 473 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 339 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 262 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 167 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 19 | Syria | 136 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Syrian Arab Republic | 136 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Guatemala | 132 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 22 | Caribbean | 120 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 118 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 24 | Lebanon | 107 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 100 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 98 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 27 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 93 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 90 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 83 1000 t | 2023 | up 245.8% | rising |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 80 1000 t | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 31 | Australia | 73 1000 t | 2023 | up 143.3% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 73 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 33 | Israel | 70 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Nepal | 61 1000 t | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 38 | Jordan | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 49 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 49 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 44 | Honduras | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 218.2% | rising |
| 45 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 45 | China, Taiwan Province of | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 49 | Jamaica | 26 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 50 | Libya | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 52 | El Salvador | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 54 | France | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 57 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Guyana | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Oman | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 58 | Paraguay | 9 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Laos | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 64 | New Zealand | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 64 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Albania | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 66 | Rwanda | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 5 1000 t | 2019 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cyprus | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Madagascar | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 77 | Djibouti | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 77 | Georgia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 77 | Cambodia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Mozambique | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 77 | Polynesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 83 | Bahamas | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 83 | Haiti | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Tonga | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 83 | Melanesia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Bahrain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Croatia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Malta | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 23,708 1000 t
- Asia 10,076 1000 t
- Americas 9,704 1000 t
- South America 5,086 1000 t
- Southern Asia 4,553 1000 t
- Central America 3,485 1000 t
- Western Asia 2,888 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 2,422 1000 t
- Africa 2,091 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,016 1000 t
- Europe 1,752 1000 t
- European Union (27) 1,750 1000 t
- Southern Europe 1,738 1000 t
- Northern America 1,012 1000 t
- United States of America 1,012 1000 t
- Northern Africa 968 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 903 1000 t
- Southern Africa 810 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 733 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 282 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 203 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 197 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 138 1000 t
- Western Africa 96 1000 t
- Oceania 85 1000 t
- Central Asia 16 1000 t
- Middle Africa 15 1000 t
- Western Europe 14 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.