Americas vs China, mainland: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 635,105 ha against 182,106 ha in Americas, a difference of 452,999 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.5 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
Americas ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 3 and China, mainland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,522 ha | 88,333 ha | 11,188 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 107,126 ha | 59,300 ha | 47,826 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 111,291 ha | 84,000 ha | 27,291 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 135,634 ha | 181,400 ha | 45,766 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 153,979 ha | 465,063 ha | 311,084 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 166,629 ha | 593,129 ha | 426,500 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 187,371 ha | 633,476 ha | 446,105 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — area harvested, Americas or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 635,105 ha against 182,106 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — area harvested between Americas and China, mainland?
- 452,999 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 2nd 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.