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Where Lemon and lime Grows

India grew the most lemon and lime in 2024: 3.8 million tonnes, 16.5% of the world’s 23.2 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s lemon and lime.

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Lemon and lime grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

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Share of the world’s lemon and lime: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 lemon and lime producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1India 16.5%

    3.8 million tonnes

  2. 2Mexico 14.2%

    3.3 million tonnes

  3. 3China 10.0%

    2.3 million tonnes

  4. 4Argentina 9.3%

    2.2 million tonnes

  5. 5Turkey 7.5%

    1.7 million tonnes

  6. 6Brazil 7.4%

    1.7 million tonnes

  7. 7United States 4.0%

    927,140 tonnes

  8. 8Spain 4.0%

    919,510 tonnes

  9. 9South Africa 3.2%

    748,644 tonnes

  10. 10Colombia 2.6%

    592,297 tonnes

World total

23.2 million tonnes

Countries growing it

107

Largest producer

India

Top 3 together

40.7%

All 107 countries that grow lemon and lime

#CountryTonnesShare
1 India 3,835,727 16.5%
2 Mexico 3,291,622 14.2%
3 China 2,319,972 10.0%
4 Argentina 2,154,139 9.3%
5 Turkey 1,730,000 7.5%
6 Brazil 1,718,010 7.4%
7 United States 927,140 4.0%
8 Spain 919,510 4.0%
9 South Africa 748,644 3.2%
10 Colombia 592,297 2.6%
11 Iran 509,862 2.2%
12 Italy 431,590 1.9%
13 Peru 419,069 1.8%
14 Sudan 415,369 1.8%
15 Egypt 381,921 1.6%
16 Chile 280,988 1.2%
17 Thailand 168,398 0.7%
18 Kenya 135,248 0.6%
19 Syria 134,013 0.6%
20 Saudi Arabia 124,189 0.5%
21 Greece 109,700 0.5%
22 Guatemala 109,585 0.5%
23 Bangladesh 106,568 0.5%
24 Pakistan 97,573 0.4%
25 Venezuela 95,157 0.4%
26 Dominican Republic 90,752 0.4%
27 Algeria 89,366 0.4%
28 Australia 83,332 0.4%
29 Lebanon 77,100 0.3%
30 Zimbabwe 72,996 0.3%
31 Nepal 67,737 0.3%
32 Israel 63,753 0.3%
33 Tunisia 61,643 0.3%
34 Jordan 56,727 0.2%
35 Uruguay 51,770 0.2%
36 Ghana 48,911 0.2%
37 Ecuador 46,964 0.2%
38 Morocco 43,223 0.2%
39 Portugal 40,200 0.2%
40 Mali 37,988 0.2%
41 Costa Rica 36,278 0.2%
42 Taiwan 32,783 0.1%
43 Bolivia 32,630 0.1%
44 Honduras 32,295 0.1%
45 Yemen 30,681 0.1%
46 Jamaica 26,336 0.1%
47 Malawi 24,133 0.1%
48 Libya 24,049 0.1%
49 Malaysia 22,916 0.1%
50 El Salvador 20,222 0.1%
51 Somalia 19,862 0.1%
52 France 14,330 0.1%
53 Uzbekistan 11,100 under 0.1%
54 Tanzania 10,484 under 0.1%
55 Sri Lanka 10,099 under 0.1%
56 Oman 9,677 under 0.1%
57 Paraguay 9,125 under 0.1%
58 Japan 8,657 under 0.1%
59 Laos 8,000 under 0.1%
60 Guyana 7,391 under 0.1%
61 United Arab Emirates 6,967 under 0.1%
62 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,887 under 0.1%
63 Panama 6,810 under 0.1%
64 New Zealand 6,478 under 0.1%
65 Albania 6,404 under 0.1%
66 Rwanda 6,122 under 0.1%
67 Azerbaijan 5,868 under 0.1%
68 Ethiopia 5,317 under 0.1%
69 Republic of the Congo 5,231 under 0.1%
70 Tajikistan 4,771 under 0.1%
71 Cyprus 4,740 under 0.1%
72 Iraq 4,577 under 0.1%
73 Guinea-Bissau 4,458 under 0.1%
74 Madagascar 4,408 under 0.1%
75 Mozambique 3,068 under 0.1%
76 Cambodia 3,001 under 0.1%
77 Djibouti 2,970 under 0.1%
78 Central African Republic 2,872 under 0.1%
79 Georgia 2,800 under 0.1%
80 Trinidad and Tobago 2,519 under 0.1%
81 Bahamas 2,349 under 0.1%
82 Tonga 2,179 under 0.1%
83 Dominica 1,817 under 0.1%
84 Philippines 1,554 under 0.1%
85 Cuba 974 under 0.1%
86 New Caledonia 966 under 0.1%
87 Vanuatu 930 under 0.1%
88 Croatia 810 under 0.1%
89 Haiti 804 under 0.1%
90 French Polynesia 527 under 0.1%
91 Antigua and Barbuda 442 under 0.1%
92 Saint Lucia 325 under 0.1%
93 Burkina Faso 321 under 0.1%
94 Puerto Rico 314 under 0.1%
95 Malta 240 under 0.1%
96 Kuwait 205 under 0.1%
97 Suriname 171 under 0.1%
98 Bhutan 139 under 0.1%
99 Grenada 131 under 0.1%
100 Niue 109 under 0.1%
101 Brunei 69 under 0.1%
102 Seychelles 56 under 0.1%
103 Maldives 38 under 0.1%
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 under 0.1%
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 under 0.1%
106 Cook Islands 1 under 0.1%
107 Kyrgyzstan 1 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Lemons and limes. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most lemon and lime?

India grew the most lemon and lime in 2024: 3.8 million tonnes, 16.5% of the world’s 23.2 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 lemon and lime producing countries?

India (16.5%), Mexico (14.2%), China (10.0%), Argentina (9.3%) and Turkey (7.5%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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