Germany vs South America: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 26,844 ha against 7,060 ha in Germany, a difference of 19,784 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.8 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 17th of 108 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,883 ha | 7,199 ha | 2,315 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 5,243 ha | 8,788 ha | 3,545 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 4,446 ha | 11,562 ha | 7,116 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 6,687 ha | 10,965 ha | 4,278 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 12,529 ha | 15,499 ha | 2,970 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 13,040 ha | 25,003 ha | 11,963 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 7,220 ha | 27,131 ha | 19,911 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce and chicory — area harvested, Germany or South America?
- South America, at 26,844 ha against 7,060 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce and chicory — area harvested between Germany and South America?
- 19,784 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South America rank globally for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 17th 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.