China vs Spain: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested over time
- China
- Spain
How they compare
China currently reports 635,344 ha against 32,940 ha in Spain, a difference of 602,404 ha.
That makes China's figure about 19.3 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 108 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,272 ha | 16,311 ha | 72,961 ha | China |
| 1970s | 60,833 ha | 19,915 ha | 40,918 ha | China |
| 1980s | 84,978 ha | 25,888 ha | 59,090 ha | China |
| 1990s | 181,781 ha | 34,913 ha | 146,868 ha | China |
| 2000s | 465,321 ha | 36,054 ha | 429,267 ha | China |
| 2010s | 593,369 ha | 34,134 ha | 559,236 ha | China |
| 2020s | 633,712 ha | 33,658 ha | 600,054 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — area harvested, China or Spain?
- China, at 635,344 ha against 32,940 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — area harvested between China and Spain?
- 602,404 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Spain rank globally for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 108 countries.
- 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.