During the marketing year 2023/2024, Mexico was the leading global producer of lemons and limes, with production amounting to about 2.95 million metric tons. In that year, the global fresh lemon and lime production amounted to a total of about 10 million metric tons.
Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
* Estimated.
Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Split years refer to the harvest and marketing period, which corresponds roughly to October-September in the Northern Hemisphere and April-March in the Southern Hemisphere. For the Southern Hemisphere, harvest occurs almost entirely during the
second year shown. Argentina - January through December; South Africa - February through January; Australia - April through March; Brazil - July through June.
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USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. (January 25, 2024). Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. "Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)*." Chart. January 25, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. (2024). Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. "Leading Fresh Lemon and Lime Producers Worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Leading fresh lemon and lime producers worldwide in 2023/2024 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph], USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, January 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045016/world-lemons-and-limes-major-producers/
