Lemon and lime production fell 4.65% to 71.4 kt in Israel in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, lemon and lime production in Israel reached an all time high of 75.6 kt in 2019 and an all time low of 16.0 kt in 2000. When compared to Israel's main peers, lemon and lime production in Egypt amounted to 358 kt, 28.8 kt in Jordan, 107 kt in Lebanon and 87.1 kt in Syria in 2022.
Israel has been ranked 27th within the group of 95 countries we follow in terms of lemon and lime production, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Lemon and Lime Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Cyprus | kt | 8.18 | 6.19 | 6.22 | 5.69 | 5.39 | ||||||||||||||||
Egypt | kt | 348 | 366 | 355 | 314 | 376 | ||||||||||||||||
Iraq | kt | 4.48 | 4.43 | 4.43 | 5.18 | 5.38 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | kt | 67.0 | 74.8 | 71.0 | 75.6 | 71.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Jordan | kt | 31.7 | 34.6 | 35.1 | 39.2 | 30.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Lebanon | kt | 116 | 104 | 103 | 105 | 106 | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | kt | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 20.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.7 | 51.7 | 51.7 | 57.2 | ||
Sudan | kt | 270 | 281 | 309 | 324 | 341 | ||||||||||||||||
Syria | kt | 187 | 154 | 174 | 153 | 106 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | kt | 851 | 1,007 | 1,100 | 950 | 1,189 |