Africa vs Japan: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Japan
How they compare
Africa currently reports 56,275 ha against 20,033 ha in Japan, a difference of 36,242 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.8 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 11th and Japan ranks 8th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,606 ha | 3,268 ha | 338.44 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 6,427 ha | 13,170 ha | 6,743 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 8,970 ha | 20,650 ha | 11,680 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 20,446 ha | 22,140 ha | 1,694 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 21,249 ha | 21,430 ha | 180.9 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 27,366 ha | 21,300 ha | 6,066 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 45,756 ha | 20,067 ha | 25,689 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — area harvested, Africa or Japan?
- Africa, at 56,275 ha against 20,033 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — area harvested between Africa and Japan?
- 36,242 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Japan rank globally for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th and Japan ranks 8th 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.