Lemon and lime production rose 18.7% to 779 kt in South Africa in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, lemon and lime production in South Africa reached an all time high of 779 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 14.3 kt in 1965.
South Africa has been ranked 9th within the group of 95 countries we follow in terms of lemon and lime production, 3 places above 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 |
Angola | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Botswana | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lesotho | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mozambique | kt | 3.32 | 3.23 | 3.16 | 3.15 | 3.14 | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
South Africa | kt | 324 | 446 | 474 | 507 | 643 | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | kt | 1.12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Zambia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Zimbabwe | kt | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.4 |