Africa vs Australia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Australia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 56,275 ha against 9,214 ha in Australia, a difference of 47,061 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 6.1 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 11th and Australia ranks 12th of 28 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,606 ha | 2,039 ha | 1,567 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 6,427 ha | 2,387 ha | 4,040 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 8,970 ha | 3,507 ha | 5,463 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 20,446 ha | 4,538 ha | 15,908 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 21,249 ha | 6,765 ha | 14,484 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 27,366 ha | 7,784 ha | 19,581 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 45,756 ha | 7,551 ha | 38,205 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — area harvested, Africa or Australia?
- Africa, at 56,275 ha against 9,214 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — area harvested between Africa and Australia?
- 47,061 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Australia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Australia rank globally for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th and Australia ranks 12th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.